# Default Applications

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Lück
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Burkhard Lück
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TDE
KControl
System Settings
components
default applications

## Default Applications

In this module you can change &tde; default applications, sometimes referred to as components.

Components are programs that handle basic tasks, like the terminal emulator, the text editor and the email client. Different &tde; applications sometimes need to invoke a console emulator, send a mail or display some text.

To do so consistently, these applications always call the same components. Here you can select which programs these components are.

The list on the left shows the configurable component types:

- Email Client

- Embedded Text Editor

- Instant Messenger

- Terminal Emulator

- Web Browser

Select the component you want to configure. In the right part of the dialog you are able to select your favorite application.