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 4.8 Selecting a default host
 ============================
 
 When host name is omitted, TRAMP substitutes the value from the
 ‘tramp-default-host’ variable.  It is initially populated with the local
 hostname where Emacs is running.  Both the default user and default host
 can be overridden as follows:
 
      (setq tramp-default-user "john"
            tramp-default-host "target")
 
    With both defaults set, ‘/ssh::’ will connect TRAMP to John’s home
 directory on target.
 
    * ‘/’ won’t work, because ‘/:’ is the prefix for quoted file
 names.
 
    Instead of a single default host, ‘tramp-default-host-alist’ allows
 multiple default host values based on access method or user name
 combinations.  The alist can hold multiple values.  While
 ‘tramp-default-host’ is sufficient in most cases, some methods, like
 ‘adb’, require defaults overwritten.
 
 See the documentation for the variable ‘tramp-default-host-alist’ for
 more details.
 

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