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    Actually, the full tramp format seems to be

	    /[method/user@host]/path/to/file

    I think using / to separate the method is a really bad idea, as it
    makes it non-trivial to parse or split a filename.

    If we adapt the idea of using the same notation as ange-ftp, i.e.
	    /user@host:/path/to/file
    you could add the method as
	    /[method]user@host:/

I suggest user@host@method (or some other permutation)
just to reduce the number of delimiters that mean something special.