Set default syntax to different filetype in Sublime Text 2

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How do I set a default filetype for a certain file extension in Sublime Text 2   Specifically I want to have   cfg files default to having Ini syntax highlighting but I cannot seem to figure out how I could create this custom setting

User · Accepted Answer

In the current version of Sublime Text 2 (Build: 2139), you can set the syntax for all files of a certain file extension using an option in the menu bar. Open a file with the extension you want to set a default for and navigate through the following menus: View -> Syntax -> Open all with current extension as... ->[your syntax choice].

Updated 2012-06-28: Recent builds of Sublime Text 2 (at least since Build 2181) have allowed the syntax to be set by clicking the current syntax type in the lower right corner of the window. This will open the syntax selection menu with the option to Open all with current extension as... at the top of the menu.

Updated 2016-04-19: As of now, this also works for Sublime Text 3.

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You can turn on syntax highlighting based on the contents of the file   For example  my Makefiles regardless of their extension the first line as follows    - -Makefile- - vim syntax make   This is typical practice for other editors such as vim   However  for this to work you need to modify the  Makefile tmLanguage file     Find the file  for Sublime Text 3 in Ubuntu  at    opt sublime text Packages Makefile sublime-package    Note  that is really a zip file  Copy it  rename with  zip at the end  and extract the Makefile tmLanguage file from it    Edit the new Makefile tmLanguage by adding the  firstLineMatch  key and string after the  fileTypes  section  In the example below  the last two lines are new  should be added by you   The  lt string gt  section holds the regular expression  that will enable syntax highlighting for the files that match the first line  This expression recognizes two patterns   - -Makefile- -  and  vim syntax make         lt key gt fileTypes lt  key gt   lt array gt       lt string gt GNUmakefile lt  string gt       lt string gt makefile lt  string gt       lt string gt Makefile lt  string gt       lt string gt OCamlMakefile lt  string gt       lt string gt make lt  string gt   lt  array gt    lt key gt firstLineMatch lt  key gt   lt string gt    s -  -Makefile-  -      s vim syntax make lt  string gt   Place the modified Makefile tmLanguage in the User settings directory      config sublime-text-3 Packages User Makefile tmLanguage    All the files matching the first line rule should turn the syntax highlighting on when opened

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In ST2 there s a package you can install called Default FileType which does just that    More info here

User · Answer

Go to a Packages User  create   or edit  a  sublime-settings file named after the Syntax where you want to add the extensions  Ini sublime-settings in your case  then write there something like this          extensions    cfg       And then restart Sublime Text

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