How to customise file type to syntax associations in Sublime Text?

Question

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?

Answer 1

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:

  bundleUUID
  452017E8-0065-49EF-AB9D-7849B27D9367
  fileTypes
  
    scala
    sbt
  
  ...

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.