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8.2.3 Suggested variables
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The following variables probably shouldn't appear often (or at all) in
the menu files supplied with packages.  They are mostly intended for use
by local system managers.  Nevertheless, it is advised that all Debian
systems use the following variable names:

visible
     Some apps add entries to utmp the utmp file, so that "who" and
     friends know they are running (this is especially true for xterms
     etc).  If $visible set (to anything other than "" or "none"),
     xterms etc will not write logging info to utmp.  (may not work for
     your window manager).

geometry
     For X apps, this will be the size of the (main) window that will be
     created (units in either chars or pixels, depending on type of main
     window (xterm or graphic)).  If you as package maintainer want to
     use this, you should probably think about setting this variable
     somewhere in an Xresources file.