How to customise file type to syntax associations in Sublime Text

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I d like Sublime 2 editor to treat   sbt files  to highlight syntax  as Scala language  same as   scala  but I can t find where to set this up  Do you happen to know

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I ve found the answer  by further examining the Sublime 2 config files structure    I was to open      config sublime-text-2 Packages Scala Scala tmLanguage   And edit it to add sbt  the extension of files I want to be opened as Scala code files  to the array after the fileTypes key    lt dict gt     lt key gt bundleUUID lt  key gt     lt string gt 452017E8-0065-49EF-AB9D-7849B27D9367 lt  string gt     lt key gt fileTypes lt  key gt     lt array gt       lt string gt scala lt  string gt       lt string gt sbt lt  string gt     lt array gt          PS  May there be a better way  something like a right place to put my customizations  insted of modifying packages themselves   I d still like to know

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There s an excellent plugin called ApplySyntax  previously DetectSyntax  that provides certain other niceties for file-syntax matching  allows regex expressions etc

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There is a quick method to set the syntax  Ctrl Shift P then type in the input box     ss     which type you want set     eg   ss html  Enter  and ss means  set syntax   it is really quicker than check in the menu s checkbox

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for ST3   language    language u wish   if exists    go to    config sublime-text-3 Packages User  language sublime-settings  else  create    config sublime-text-3 Packages User  language sublime-settings  and set         extensions                  yourextension           This way allows you to enable syntax for composite extensions  e g  sql mustache  js php  etc

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I put my customized changes in the User package    nix     config sublime-text-2 Packages User Scala tmLanguage  Windows   APPDATA  Sublime Text 2 Packages User Scala tmLanguage   Which also means it s in JSON format        extensions            sbt          This is the same place the  View - gt  Syntax - gt  Open all with current extension as       menu item adds it  creating the file if it doesn t exist

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In Sublime Text  confirmed in both v2 x and v3 x  there is a menu command      View -  Syntax -  Open all with current extension as

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