loading method help to QTextEdit in pyqt4

[krystosan]

I am trying to load the help on each method into a QTextEdit in PyQt4

how can I have this variable hold help on a method, example:
data = os.system('python -c "import sys; help(sys.path)"')

but data value contains 0

[krystosan]

got some success but the text is not properly formatted any help would be appreciated

data = os.popen('python -c "import sys; help(sys.path)"').read()

now data stores value like the below but not formatted..

'"Help on list object:\\n\\nclass list(object)\\n |  list() -> new empty list\\n |  list(iterable) -> new list initialized from iterable\'s items\\n |  \\n |  Methods defined here:\\n |  \\n |  __add__(...)\\n |      x.__add__(y) <==> x+y\\n |  \\n |  __contains__(...)\\n |      x.__contains__(y) <==> y in x\\n |  \\n |  __delitem__(...)\\n |      x.__delitem__(y) <==> del x[y]\\n |  \\n |  __delslice__(...)\\n |      x.__delslice__(i, j) <==> del x[i:j]\\n |      \\n |      Use of negative indices is not supported.\\n |  \\n |  __eq__(...)\\n |      x.__eq__(y) <==> x==y\\n |  \\n |  __ge__(...)\\n |      x.__ge__(y) <==> x>=y\\n |  \\n |  __getattribute__(...)\\n |      x.__getattribute__(\'name\') <==> x.name\\n |  \\n |  __getitem__(...)\\n |      x.__getitem__(y) <==> x[y]\\n |  \\n |  __getslice__(...)\\n |      x.__getslice__(i, j) <==> x[i:j]\\n |      \\n |      Use of negative indices is not supported.\\n |  \\n |  __gt__(...)\\n |      x.__gt__(y) <==> x>y\\n |  \\n |  __iadd__(...)\\n |      x.__iadd__(y) <==> x+=y\\n |  \\n |  __imul__(...)\\n |      x.__imul__(y) <==> x*=y\\n |  \\n |  __init__(...)\\n |      x.__init__(...) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature\\n |  \\n |  __iter__(...)\\n |      x.__iter__() <==> iter(x)\\n |  \\n |  __le__(...)\\n |      x.__le__(y) <==> x<=y\\n |  \\n |  __len__(...)\\n |      x.__len__() <==> len(x)\\n |  \\n |  __lt__(...)\\n |      x.__lt__(y) <==> x<y\\n |  \\n |  __mul__(...)\\n |      x.__mul__(n) <==> x*n\\n |  \\n |  __ne__(...)\\n |      x.__ne__(y) <==> x!=y\\n |  \\n |  __repr__(...)\\n |      x.__repr__() <==> repr(x)\\n |  \\n |  __reversed__(...)\\n |      L.__reversed__() -- return a reverse iterator over the list\\n |  \\n |  __rmul__(...)\\n |      x.__rmul__(n) <==> n*x\\n |  \\n |  __setitem__(...)\\n |      x.__setitem__(i, y) <==> x[i]=y\\n |  \\n |  __setslice__(...)\\n |      x.__setslice__(i, j, y) <==> x[i:j]=y\\n |      \\n |      Use  of negative indices is not supported.\\n |  \\n |  __sizeof__(...)\\n |      L.__sizeof__() -- size of L in memory, in bytes\\n |  \\n |  append(...)\\n |      L.append(object) -- append object to end\\n |  \\n |  count(...)\\n |      L.count(value) -> integer -- return number of occurrences of value\\n |  \\n |  extend(...)\\n |      L.extend(iterable) -- extend list by appending elements from the iterable\\n |  \\n |  index(...)\\n |      L.index(value, [start, [stop]]) -> integer -- return first index of value.\\n |      Raises ValueError if the value is not present.\\n |  \\n |  insert(...)\\n |      L.insert(index, object) -- insert object before index\\n |  \\n |  pop(...)\\n |      L.pop([index]) -> item -- remove and return item at index (default last).\\n |      Raises IndexError if list is empty or index is out of range.\\n |  \\n |  remove(...)\\n |      L.remove(value) -- remove first occurrence of value.\\n |      Raises ValueError if the value is not present.\\n |  \\n |  reverse(...)\\n |      L.reverse() -- reverse *IN PLACE*\\n |  \\n |  sort(...)\\n |      L.sort(cmp=None, key=None, reverse=False) -- stable sort *IN PLACE*;\\n |      cmp(x, y) -> -1, 0, 1\\n |  \\n |  ----------------------------------------------------------------------\\n |  Data and other attributes defined here:\\n |  \\n |  __hash__ = None\\n |  \\n |  __new__ = <built-in method __new__ of type object>\\n |      T.__new__(S, ...) -> a new object with type S, a subtype of T\\n\\n"'

[krystosan]

is this possible to do how I am trying to do

    def outputHelp(self):
        ### module ###
        module = ""
        items = self.searchListView.selectedIndexes()
        for item in items:
            module = str(item.data().toString()).split(":")[0]
        method = ""
        items = self.methodListView.selectedIndexes()
        for selItem in items:
            method = str(selItem.data().toString())
        __import__(module)#,globals={}, locals={}, fromlist=[], level=-1)
        # self.methodListView.
        data = os.popen('python -c "help('+module.method+')"').read()

[krystosan]

figured out using tmpFile.