generating signals while a button is held down

[dmcguire up elctech com]

I'm working on an application where I have buttons that need to work like
a keyboard.  More specifically, when you press it it will add a letter to
a GtkEditable and when I hold it down it needs continuously add letters to
that entry until the button is released.  And now that I think about it,
its not a GtkButton its a GtkEventBox thats being used (to accomodate
custom xpm's that make it look nothing like a standard button).  

Is there a simple way of doing this?

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David McGuire | Junior Engineer
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