Sublime Text 2 - Default Document Type

Question

Is there a way to set a default document type when saving a NEW FILE? I created several new files and I want to have a default value of .txt when saving a NEW FILE.

Answer 1

Create a new plugin Tools > Developer > New Plugin...

Paste this in:

import sublime, sublime_plugin

class EverythingIsPowerShell(sublime_plugin.EventListener):
   def on_new(self, view):
      view.set_syntax_file('Packages/PowerShell/Support/PowershellSyntax.tmLanguage')

Save and call it NewTabSyntax.py. New tabs will now default to Powershell.

You can change the syntax to whatever you prefer. To find out the "path" of a particular syntax, simply open a file of that syntax, open the console (View > Show Console) and type:

view.settings().get('syntax')