This is a test of Gist using some template code for a making progress window in Autodesk Maya

test_01.py

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# test.py
# This is a test
# version: 0.1
# date: 5/23/2013
# author: jGalloway
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import maya.cmds as mc

amount = 0

myWindow = mc.progressWindow(  title='Doing Nothing',
					progress=amount,
					status='Sleeping: 0%',
					isInterruptable=True )
while True :
	# Check if the dialog has been cancelled
	if mc.progressWindow( query=True, isCancelled=True ) :
		break

	# Check if end condition has been reached
	if mc.progressWindow( query=True, progress=True ) >= 100 :
		break

	amount += 5

	mc.progressWindow( edit=True, progress=amount, status=('Sleeping: ' + `amount` + '%' ) )

	mc.pause( seconds=1 )

mc.progressWindow(endProgress=1)