fix search page a bit and add user search code

src/database/post.v

···
 	return results
 }
 
-// search_for_post searches for posts matching the given query.
+// search_for_posts searches for posts matching the given query.
 // todo: query options/filters, such as user:beep, !excluded-text, etc
 pub fn (app &DatabaseAccess) search_for_posts(query string, limit int, offset int) []PostSearchResult {
 	sql_query := "\

src/database/user.v

···
 
 	return true
 }
+
+// search_for_users searches for posts matching the given query.
+// todo: query options/filters, such as created-after:<date>, created-before:<date>, etc
+pub fn (app &DatabaseAccess) search_for_users(query string, limit int, offset int) []User {
+	sql_query := "\
+	SELECT *, CASE
+		WHEN username LIKE '%${query}%' THEN 1
+		WHEN nickname LIKE '%${query}%' THEN 2
+		END AS priority
+	FROM \"User\"
+	WHERE username LIKE '%${query}%' OR nickname LIKE '%${query}%'
+	ORDER BY priority ASC LIMIT ${limit} OFFSET ${offset}"
+
+	queried_users := app.db.q_strings(sql_query) or {
+		eprintln('search_for_users error in app.db.q_strings: ${err}')
+		[]
+	}
+
+	users := queried_users.map(|it| User.from_row(it))
+	return users
+}

src/entity/post.v

···
 	posted_at time.Time = time.now()
 }
 
-// Post.from_row creates a post from the given database row.
+// Post.from_row creates a post object from the given database row.
 // see src/database/post.v#search_for_posts for usage.
 @[inline]
 pub fn Post.from_row(row pg.Row) Post {

src/entity/user.v

···
 module entity
 
+import db.pg
 import time
+import util
 
 pub struct User {
 pub mut:
···
 		.replace(user.password, '*'.repeat(16))
 		.replace(user.password_salt, '*'.repeat(16))
 }
+
+// User.from_row creates a user object from the given database row.
+// see src/database/user.v#search_for_users for usage.
+@[inline]
+pub fn User.from_row(row pg.Row) User {
+	// this throws a cgen error when put in User{}
+	//todo: report this
+	created_at := time.parse(util.or_throw[string](row.vals[10])) or { panic(err) }
+
+	return User{
+		id: util.or_throw[string](row.vals[0]).int()
+		username: util.or_throw[string](row.vals[1])
+		nickname: if row.vals[2] == none { ?string(none) } else {
+			util.or_throw[string](row.vals[3])
+		}
+		password: 'haha lol, nope'
+		password_salt: 'haha lol, nope'
+		muted: util.map_or_throw[string, bool](row.vals[5], |it| it.bool())
+		admin: util.map_or_throw[string, bool](row.vals[6], |it| it.bool())
+		theme: util.or_throw[string](row.vals[7])
+		bio: util.or_throw[string](row.vals[8])
+		pronouns: util.or_throw[string](row.vals[9])
+		created_at: created_at
+	}
+}

src/templates/search.html

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 		query.value = params.get('q')
 	}
 
+	let limit = params.get('limit')
+	if (!limit) {
+		limit = 10
+	}
+
 	let offset = params.get('offset')
-	if (!offset) {
+	if (!limit) {
 		offset = 0
 	}
 
···
 		results.innerHTML = '' // yeet the children!
 		pages.innerHTML = '' // yeet more children!
 
-		const search_results = await search(query.value, 10, Number(offset.value))
+		console.log('search: ', query.value, limit, offset)
+
+		const search_results = await search(query.value, limit, offset)
 		if (search_results.length >= 0) {
 			for (result of search_results) {
 				// same as components/post_mini.html except js
···
 
 			// set up pagination
 			if (offset > 0) {
-				const back_link = document.createElement('a')
+				// creates a separator
+				function sep() {
+					const span = document.createElement('span')
+					span.innerText = ' - '
+					pages.appendChild(span)
+				}
+
+				const first_link = document.createElement('a')
 				// we escape the $ here because otherwise V will try to perform replacements at compile-time.
 				//todo: report this, this behaviour should be changed or at least looked into further.
-				back_link.href = '/search?q=' + query.value + '&limit=10&offset=' + Math.min(0, offset.value - 10)
-				back_link.innerText = '<-'
+				first_link.href = '/search?q=' + query.value + '&limit=' + limit + '&offset=0'
+				first_link.innerText = '0'
+				pages.appendChild(first_link)
+
+				sep()
+
+				const back_link = document.createElement('a')
+				back_link.href = '/search?q=' + query.value + '&limit=' + limit + '&offset=' + Math.min(0, offset - 10)
+				back_link.innerText = '<'
 				pages.appendChild(back_link)
+
+				sep()
 
 				const next_link = document.createElement('a')
-				next_link.href = '/search?q=' + query.value + '&limit=10&offset=' + (offset.value + 10)
-				next_link.innerText = '->'
+				next_link.href = '/search?q=' + query.value + '&limit=' + limit + '&offset=' + (offset + 10)
+				next_link.innerText = '>'
 				pages.appendChild(next_link)
 			}
 		} else {