\DeclareTextComposite (LaTeX2e unofficial reference manual (November 2018))

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#### 4.1.6 `\DeclareTextComposite`

Synopsis:

    \DeclareTextComposite{cmd}{encoding}{simple_object}{slot}

Access an accented glyph directly, that is, without having to put an accent over a separate character.

This line from `t1enc.def` means that `\^o` will cause LaTeX to typeset lowercase ‘`o`’ by taking the character directly from location 224 in the font.

    \DeclareTextComposite{\^}{T1}{o}{244}

See fontenc package for a list of common encodings. The simple_object should be a single character or a single command. The slot argument is usually a positive integer represented in decimal (although octal or hexidecimal are possible). Normally cmd has already been declared for this encoding, either with `\DeclareTextAccent` or with a one-argument `\DeclareTextCommand`. In `t1enc.def`, the above line follows the `\DeclareTextAccent{\^}{T1}{2}` command.

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