statusprocess.py

import thread
import functools
import time
import sublime

class StatusProcess(object):
  def __init__(self, msg, listener):
    self.msg = msg
    self.listener = listener
    thread.start_new_thread(self.run_thread, ())

  def run_thread(self):
    progress = ""
    while True:
      if self.listener.is_running:
        if len(progress) >= 10:
          progress = ""
        progress += "."
        sublime.set_timeout(functools.partial(self.listener.update_status, self.msg, progress), 0)
        time.sleep(0.1)
      else:
        break