How do I export the output of Python's built-in help() function

Question

I\'ve got a python package which outputs considerable help text from: help(package)

I would like to export this help text to a file, in the format in w

Answer 1

In Windows, just open up a Windows Command Line window, go to the Lib subfolder of your Python installation, and type

python pydoc.py moduleName.memberName > c:\myFolder\memberName.txt

to put the documentation for the property or method memberName in moduleName into the file memberName.txt. If you want an object further down the hierarchy of the module, just put more dots. For example

python pydoc.py wx.lib.agw.ultimatelistctrl > c:\myFolder\UltimateListCtrl.txt

to put the documentation on the UltimateListCtrl control in the agw package in the wxPython package into UltimateListCtrl.txt.