tools: remove cmd/tools/modules/vhelp/ & add print to v share (#17178)

cmd/tools/modules/vhelp/vhelp.v

@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-module vhelp
-
-import os
-
-pub fn show_topic(topic string) {
-	vexe := os.real_path(os.getenv('VEXE'))
-	vroot := os.dir(vexe)
-	topicdir := os.join_path(vroot, 'vlib', 'v', 'help')
-
-	mut path_to := topic
-	mut topics := os.walk_ext(topicdir, '.txt')
-	mut items := [][]string{}
-
-	// Getting the directory, splitting at `/`, reversing,
-	// trimming to only indexes 0 and 1, and reversing that into the items array
-	for mut item in topics {
-		mut item_rev := item.split('/').reverse()
-		item_rev.trim(2)
-		items << item_rev.reverse()
-	}
-
-	// Getting the path to the help topic text file
-	for cmds in items {
-		if '${topic}.txt' in cmds {
-			path_to = '${cmds[0]}/${cmds[1].replace('.txt', '')}'
-			break
-		}
-	}
-
-	topic_dir := if topic == 'default' {
-		os.join_path(topicdir, 'default.txt')
-	} else {
-		os.join_path(topicdir, '${path_to}.txt')
-	}
-
-	content := os.read_file(topic_dir) or {
-		eprintln('Unknown topic: ${topic}')
-		exit(1)
-	}
-	println(content)
-}

cmd/tools/vcheck-md.v

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import os
 import os.cmdline
 import rand
 import term
-import vhelp
+import v.help
 import regex
 
 const (
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ fn (v1 CheckResult) + (v2 CheckResult) CheckResult {
 
 fn main() {
 	if non_option_args.len == 0 || '-help' in os.args {
-		vhelp.show_topic('check-md')
+		help.print_and_exit('check-md')
 		exit(0)
 	}
 	if '-all' in os.args {

cmd/tools/vfmt.v

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import v.fmt
 import v.util
 import v.util.diff
 import v.parser
-import vhelp
+import v.help
 
 struct FormatOptions {
 	is_l       bool
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ fn main() {
 		exit(0)
 	}
 	if files.len == 0 || '-help' in args || '--help' in args {
-		vhelp.show_topic('fmt')
+		help.print_and_exit('fmt')
 		exit(0)
 	}
 	mut cli_args_no_files := []string{}

cmd/tools/vpm.v

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import os.cmdline
 import net.http
 import net.urllib
 import json
-import vhelp
+import v.help
 import v.vmod
 
 const (
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ fn main() {
 fn vpm_search(keywords []string) {
 	search_keys := keywords.map(it.replace('_', '-'))
 	if settings.is_help {
-		vhelp.show_topic('search')
+		help.print_and_exit('search')
 		exit(0)
 	}
 	if search_keys.len == 0 {
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ fn vpm_once_filter(module_names []string) []string {
 
 fn vpm_install(module_names []string, source Source) {
 	if settings.is_help {
-		vhelp.show_topic('install')
+		help.print_and_exit('install')
 		exit(0)
 	}
 	if module_names.len == 0 {
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ fn vpm_install(module_names []string, source Source) {
 fn vpm_update(m []string) {
 	mut module_names := m.clone()
 	if settings.is_help {
-		vhelp.show_topic('update')
+		help.print_and_exit('update')
 		exit(0)
 	}
 	if module_names.len == 0 {
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ fn vpm_list() {
 
 fn vpm_remove(module_names []string) {
 	if settings.is_help {
-		vhelp.show_topic('remove')
+		help.print_and_exit('remove')
 		exit(0)
 	}
 	if module_names.len == 0 {
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ fn ensure_vmodules_dir_exist() {
 }
 
 fn vpm_help() {
-	vhelp.show_topic('vpm')
+	help.print_and_exit('vpm')
 }
 
 fn vcs_used_in_dir(dir string) ?[]string {

cmd/tools/vshare.v

@@ -36,4 +36,5 @@ fn main() {
 
 	cb.copy(url)
 	println(url)
+	println('Copied URL to clipboard.')
 }

vlib/v/help/help.v

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 module help
 
-// TODO: move this file outside internal, and merge it with cmd/tools/modules/vhelp/vhelp.v .
 import os
-import v.pref
 
 const (
 	unknown_topic = '`v help`: unknown help topic provided. Use `v help` for usage information.'
@@ -10,7 +8,7 @@ const (
 
 // print_and_exit Prints the help topic and exits
 pub fn print_and_exit(topic string) {
-	vexe := pref.vexe_path()
+	vexe := @VEXE
 	vroot := os.dir(vexe)
 	topicdir := os.join_path(vroot, 'vlib', 'v', 'help')