# What is accents commands behavior ?

I've read LaTeX sources to define the real behavior of accent commands and I've failed. It states with this:

\def\DeclareTextAccent#1#2#3{%

i.e. it constructs from \accent TeX-primitive.

Then I've went to TeX by Topic book and read about \accent primitive. But unfortunately I can't find any useful information that will explains the accent's behavior. I need to know how does x-position and y-position of accent symbols are calculated.

I've found such info:

The width of a character with an accent is the same as that of the unaccented character. TeX assumes that the accent as it appears in the font file is properly positioned for a character that is as high as the x-height of the font; for characters with other heights it correspondingly lowers or raises the accent.

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The horizontal positioning of an accent is controlled by \fontdimen1, slant per point. Kerns are used for the horizontal movement.

But even knowing that I can't find answer to my question. Maybe you can?

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