Hans wrote:

Normal: \startXMLdata<math>

...

<mi>a</mi><mo>¯</mo></mover></math>\stopXMLdata \par Accent: \startXMLdata<math><mover accent="true"><mi>x</mi><mo>¯</mo></mover></math>\stopXMLdata \par ... now, the problem is that this funny char between <mo></mo> has to become a math accent, so what is the code? (name) someplace we need to handle that kind of things

I think the entity is ¯ if that helps? Thanks very much for the answer! Duncan