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For alphabets with dots one has รถ=\"o, but I would like to introduce another horizontal line just above the two dots. The command \=\"o doesn't yield the sought result.

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Did you try \={\"o}? Writing \=o is actually an abbreviated form of \={o} which works because there's only a token. You want to put the bar above the whole \"o (which should be \"{o}, but works also without braces for the same reason). – egreg Dec 17 '12 at 16:23
No matter how many braces I put, the same result -- the bar is stubbornly put before the \"o. – Ilonpilaaja Dec 17 '12 at 16:26
Use \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}, which for a Finn should be always the case. – egreg Dec 17 '12 at 16:29

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Well, superimposing accents is not always easy; even the advice of \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} doesn't give the expected result. Here's a workaround:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

\newcommand{\tbar}[1]{\mbox{%
  \sbox0{#1}\sbox2{\={}}%
  \ooalign{\hidewidth\raise\dimexpr\ht0-\ht2+.25ex\box2 \hidewidth\cr#1\cr}}}

\begin{document}
\tbar{\"o}\={\"o}
\end{document}

I've put next the result of superimposing the accent. Act on .25ex for changing the height of the bar.

enter image description here

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Yes, this worked even with [T2A]{fontenc}, that I had to have for certain reasons. Thanks! – Ilonpilaaja Dec 17 '12 at 16:56

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