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When searching for an application for example, it would be easier if we could just press enter to launch the first proposition

Allow to run multiple backend scripts at once and get mixed results (eg. list applications, search the web, do math...)

The backend script and worker should be started just after starting nozzle, so to give them a change to do any expensive initialization before using them.

Nozzle appears on the left monitor, it would be nice if we could choose on which monitor it appears (or at least the distance from the left border).

Instead of an array of result, return an object with results as a property. This allows to define other properties and makes the protocol more flexible.

{"backend": "math", "version": "1.0.0", "priority": 9, "results": ["..."]}

Also define priority, which allows backend to specify how important their results are. (For example, the math backend and specify a high priority, so that if a math expression is entered in the panel, the result appears on top)

Currently does not work at all, emitting signals to another thread isn't as simple.

EDIT : Workers work since the bulk of them runs on separate processes, but IO can be blocking an slow the UI thread.

Make the updates easier on the eyes, especially when going from no entries to displaying entries --> The first entry selection rectangle briefly overlaps the input.

Extract stylesheet, add more options and use setStylesheet with template QString.

QString(stylesheet).arg(settings.value("style/something", "default").toString());

Move styling options from panel to style.

Nozzle should create a config file and fill it with default values on first launch. Or, use a template file and copy it to settings.fileName() if it does not exist.

Add the ability to customize the font, separately for the input and entry names and description.

This issue can technically arise with any backend script, but Applications is the most problematic. Some applications specify a shell command as a start command, which fails currently with Nozzle.
Such applications include Steam, which starts up with the following command:

sh -c 'STEAM_FRAME_FORCE_CLOSE=1 steam' %U

EDIT: Also add support for starting an application in a terminal (Terminal=true)

Right now long result lists overflow the window. Make the panel not able to expand more, and let the QListWidget scroll instead.