Trying to copy text from other threads using a button

Question

I am trying to figure out a way to make a decent copy to clipboard button function where I can copy text values from other threads inside a QTextEdit widget.
I pull the values from other threads and display them in a QTextEdit widget and have been trying to successfully copy to clipboard the contents of QTextEdit with a button but the only way I have been able to is my code below.
What I don't like is that the copy button makes a second call in order to copy the contents.
Is there some way that the values can be stored from the first request using the get_button button and be available to copy with the copy button without having to make the same call all over again? Thanks.

from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
import sys

class WorkerThread(QtCore.QThread):
    get_String = QtCore.pyqtSignal(str)

    def __init__(self):
        super(WorkerThread, self).__init__()

    def run(self):
        self.get_String.emit('Some text.')

class GUI(QtGui.QWidget):
    def __init__(self):
        super(GUI, self).__init__()
        self.get_Button = QtGui.QPushButton('Get')
        self.c_Button = QtGui.QPushButton('Copy')
        self.text_Box = QtGui.QTextEdit(self)
        vbox = QtGui.QVBoxLayout(self)
        vbox.addWidget(self.get_Button)
        vbox.addWidget(self.c_Button)
        vbox.addWidget(self.text_Box)
        vbox.addStretch()
        self.setGeometry(300, 300, 300, 300)
        self.show()

        self._thread = WorkerThread()
        self.get_Button.clicked.connect(self.doIt)
        self._thread.get_String.connect(self.text_Box.append)
        self.c_Button.clicked.connect(self.copy_Stuff)

    def copy_Stuff(self):
        self.clipboard = QtGui.QApplication.clipboard()
        self._thread.get_String.connect(self.clipboard.setText)
        self._thread.start()

    def doIt(self):
        self.text_Box.clear()
        self.text_Box.setText('')
        self._thread.start()

def main():
    app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
    gui = GUI()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Answer 1

It turns out this was much easier than I initially thought. I was confused with how to copy text correctly because of all of the different ways I seen it done in other examples and posts. After reading the docs for awhile and trying to learn a bit more about pyqt I seen that it was as easy as using these 2 lines...

    self.text_Box.selectAll()
    self.text_Box.copy()

with those 2 lines and my button it seems to copy all the contents of the QTextEdit widget which is all I really needed. Here is my final working code in case someone else may find it useful.

from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
import sys

class WorkerThread(QtCore.QThread):
    get_String = QtCore.pyqtSignal(str)

    def __init__(self):
        super(WorkerThread, self).__init__()

    def run(self):
        self.get_String.emit('Some text.')

class GUI(QtGui.QWidget):
    def __init__(self):
        super(GUI, self).__init__()
        self.get_Button = QtGui.QPushButton('Get')
        self.c_Button = QtGui.QPushButton('Copy')
        self.text_Box = QtGui.QTextEdit(self)
        vbox = QtGui.QVBoxLayout(self)
        vbox.addWidget(self.get_Button)
        vbox.addWidget(self.c_Button)
        vbox.addWidget(self.text_Box)
        vbox.addStretch()
        self.setGeometry(300, 300, 300, 300)
        self.show()

        self._thread = WorkerThread()
        self.get_Button.clicked.connect(self.doIt)
        self._thread.get_String.connect(self.text_Box.append)
        self.c_Button.clicked.connect(self.copy_Stuff)

    def copy_Stuff(self):
        self.text_Box.selectAll()
        self.text_Box.copy()

    def doIt(self):
        self.text_Box.clear()
        self.text_Box.setText('')
        self._thread.start()

def main():
    app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
    gui = GUI()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

This code example shows a simple working thread with signal that returns a value to the main, displays the value in a QTextEdit widget and how to copy all of the contents of a QTextEdit widget with a single button click.