gistfile1.txt

""" from Paul Moore at 
http://code.activestate.com/recipes/535141-console-progress-dots-using-threads-and-a-context-/ copied here as a bookmark"""
import sys
import threading

class Ticker(threading.Thread):
    def __init__(self, msg):
        threading.Thread.__init__(self)
        self.msg = msg
        self.event = threading.Event()

    def __enter__(self):
        self.start()

    def __exit__(self, ex_type, ex_value, ex_traceback):
        self.event.set()
        self.join()

    def run(self):
        sys.stdout.write(self.msg)
        while not self.event.isSet():
            sys.stdout.write(".")
            sys.stdout.flush()
            self.event.wait(1)
        print