src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py

@@ -1779,6 +1779,8 @@ class MyForm(QtGui.QMainWindow):
             shared.config.set('bitmessagesettings', 'sockspassword', str(
                 self.settingsDialogInstance.ui.lineEditSocksPassword.text()))
 
+            shared.config.set('bitmessagesettings', 'namecoinrpctype',
+                self.settingsDialogInstance.getNamecoinType())
             shared.config.set('bitmessagesettings', 'namecoinrpchost', str(
                 self.settingsDialogInstance.ui.lineEditNamecoinHost.text()))
             shared.config.set('bitmessagesettings', 'namecoinrpcport', str(
@@ -2752,7 +2754,9 @@ class settingsDialog(QtGui.QDialog):
             'bitmessagesettings', 'maxacceptablepayloadlengthextrabytes')) / shared.networkDefaultPayloadLengthExtraBytes)))
 
         # Namecoin integration tab
+
         ensureNamecoinOptions()
+        nmctype = shared.config.get('bitmessagesettings', 'namecoinrpctype')
         self.ui.lineEditNamecoinHost.setText(str(
             shared.config.get('bitmessagesettings', 'namecoinrpchost')))
         self.ui.lineEditNamecoinPort.setText(str(
@@ -2761,6 +2765,22 @@ class settingsDialog(QtGui.QDialog):
             shared.config.get('bitmessagesettings', 'namecoinrpcuser')))
         self.ui.lineEditNamecoinPassword.setText(str(
             shared.config.get('bitmessagesettings', 'namecoinrpcpassword')))
+
+        if nmctype == "namecoind":
+            self.ui.radioButtonNamecoinNamecoind.setChecked(True)
+        elif nmctype == "nmcontrol":
+            self.ui.radioButtonNamecoinNmcontrol.setChecked(True)
+            self.ui.lineEditNamecoinUser.setEnabled(False)
+            self.ui.labelNamecoinUser.setEnabled(False)
+            self.ui.lineEditNamecoinPassword.setEnabled(False)
+            self.ui.labelNamecoinPassword.setEnabled(False)
+        else:
+            assert False
+
+        QtCore.QObject.connect(self.ui.radioButtonNamecoinNamecoind, QtCore.SIGNAL(
+            "toggled(bool)"), self.namecoinTypeChanged)
+        QtCore.QObject.connect(self.ui.radioButtonNamecoinNmcontrol, QtCore.SIGNAL(
+            "toggled(bool)"), self.namecoinTypeChanged)
         QtCore.QObject.connect(self.ui.pushButtonNamecoinTest, QtCore.SIGNAL(
             "clicked()"), self.click_pushButtonNamecoinTest)
 
@@ -2801,9 +2821,35 @@ class settingsDialog(QtGui.QDialog):
                 self.ui.lineEditSocksPassword.setEnabled(True)
             self.ui.lineEditTCPPort.setEnabled(False)
 
+    # Check status of namecoin integration radio buttons and translate
+    # it to a string as in the options.
+    def getNamecoinType(self):
+        if self.ui.radioButtonNamecoinNamecoind.isChecked():
+            return "namecoind"
+        if self.ui.radioButtonNamecoinNmcontrol.isChecked():
+            return "nmcontrol"
+        assert False
+
+    # Namecoin connection type was changed.
+    def namecoinTypeChanged(self, checked):
+        nmctype = self.getNamecoinType()
+        assert nmctype == "namecoind" or nmctype == "nmcontrol"
+            
+        isNamecoind = (nmctype == "namecoind")
+        self.ui.lineEditNamecoinUser.setEnabled(isNamecoind)
+        self.ui.labelNamecoinUser.setEnabled(isNamecoind)
+        self.ui.lineEditNamecoinPassword.setEnabled(isNamecoind)
+        self.ui.labelNamecoinPassword.setEnabled(isNamecoind)
+
+        if isNamecoind:
+            self.ui.lineEditNamecoinPort.setText("8336")
+        else:
+            self.ui.lineEditNamecoinPort.setText("9000")
+
     # Test the namecoin settings specified in the settings dialog.
     def click_pushButtonNamecoinTest(self):
         options = {}
+        options["type"] = self.getNamecoinType()
         options["host"] = self.ui.lineEditNamecoinHost.text()
         options["port"] = self.ui.lineEditNamecoinPort.text()
         options["user"] = self.ui.lineEditNamecoinUser.text()

src/bitmessageqt/settings.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Form implementation generated from reading ui file 'settings.ui'
 #
-# Created: Sun Jul  7 18:40:01 2013
+# Created: Sun Jul  7 19:23:55 2013
 #      by: PyQt4 UI code generator 4.9.3
 #
 # WARNING! All changes made in this file will be lost!
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ class Ui_settingsDialog(object):
         self.gridLayout_8 = QtGui.QGridLayout(self.tabNamecoin)
         self.gridLayout_8.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("gridLayout_8"))
         spacerItem8 = QtGui.QSpacerItem(40, 20, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Expanding, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Minimum)
-        self.gridLayout_8.addItem(spacerItem8, 1, 0, 1, 1)
+        self.gridLayout_8.addItem(spacerItem8, 2, 0, 1, 1)
         self.label_16 = QtGui.QLabel(self.tabNamecoin)
         self.label_16.setWordWrap(True)
         self.label_16.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("label_16"))
@@ -228,48 +228,61 @@ class Ui_settingsDialog(object):
         self.label_17 = QtGui.QLabel(self.tabNamecoin)
         self.label_17.setAlignment(QtCore.Qt.AlignRight|QtCore.Qt.AlignTrailing|QtCore.Qt.AlignVCenter)
         self.label_17.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("label_17"))
-        self.gridLayout_8.addWidget(self.label_17, 1, 1, 1, 1)
+        self.gridLayout_8.addWidget(self.label_17, 2, 1, 1, 1)
         self.lineEditNamecoinHost = QtGui.QLineEdit(self.tabNamecoin)
         self.lineEditNamecoinHost.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("lineEditNamecoinHost"))
-        self.gridLayout_8.addWidget(self.lineEditNamecoinHost, 1, 2, 1, 1)
+        self.gridLayout_8.addWidget(self.lineEditNamecoinHost, 2, 2, 1, 1)
         spacerItem9 = QtGui.QSpacerItem(40, 20, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Expanding, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Minimum)
-        self.gridLayout_8.addItem(spacerItem9, 2, 0, 1, 1)
+        self.gridLayout_8.addItem(spacerItem9, 3, 0, 1, 1)
+        spacerItem10 = QtGui.QSpacerItem(40, 20, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Expanding, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Minimum)
+        self.gridLayout_8.addItem(spacerItem10, 4, 0, 1, 1)
         self.label_18 = QtGui.QLabel(self.tabNamecoin)
+        self.label_18.setEnabled(True)
         self.label_18.setAlignment(QtCore.Qt.AlignRight|QtCore.Qt.AlignTrailing|QtCore.Qt.AlignVCenter)
         self.label_18.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("label_18"))
-        self.gridLayout_8.addWidget(self.label_18, 2, 1, 1, 1)
+        self.gridLayout_8.addWidget(self.label_18, 3, 1, 1, 1)
         self.lineEditNamecoinPort = QtGui.QLineEdit(self.tabNamecoin)
         self.lineEditNamecoinPort.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("lineEditNamecoinPort"))
-        self.gridLayout_8.addWidget(self.lineEditNamecoinPort, 2, 2, 1, 1)
+        self.gridLayout_8.addWidget(self.lineEditNamecoinPort, 3, 2, 1, 1)
-        spacerItem10 = QtGui.QSpacerItem(20, 40, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Minimum, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Expanding)
+        spacerItem11 = QtGui.QSpacerItem(20, 40, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Minimum, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Expanding)
-        self.gridLayout_8.addItem(spacerItem10, 7, 1, 1, 1)
+        self.gridLayout_8.addItem(spacerItem11, 8, 1, 1, 1)
-        spacerItem11 = QtGui.QSpacerItem(40, 20, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Expanding, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Minimum)
+        self.labelNamecoinUser = QtGui.QLabel(self.tabNamecoin)
-        self.gridLayout_8.addItem(spacerItem11, 3, 0, 1, 1)
+        self.labelNamecoinUser.setAlignment(QtCore.Qt.AlignRight|QtCore.Qt.AlignTrailing|QtCore.Qt.AlignVCenter)
-        self.label_19 = QtGui.QLabel(self.tabNamecoin)
+        self.labelNamecoinUser.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("labelNamecoinUser"))
-        self.label_19.setAlignment(QtCore.Qt.AlignRight|QtCore.Qt.AlignTrailing|QtCore.Qt.AlignVCenter)
+        self.gridLayout_8.addWidget(self.labelNamecoinUser, 4, 1, 1, 1)
-        self.label_19.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("label_19"))
-        self.gridLayout_8.addWidget(self.label_19, 3, 1, 1, 1)
         self.lineEditNamecoinUser = QtGui.QLineEdit(self.tabNamecoin)
         self.lineEditNamecoinUser.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("lineEditNamecoinUser"))
-        self.gridLayout_8.addWidget(self.lineEditNamecoinUser, 3, 2, 1, 1)
+        self.gridLayout_8.addWidget(self.lineEditNamecoinUser, 4, 2, 1, 1)
         spacerItem12 = QtGui.QSpacerItem(40, 20, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Expanding, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Minimum)
-        self.gridLayout_8.addItem(spacerItem12, 4, 0, 1, 1)
+        self.gridLayout_8.addItem(spacerItem12, 5, 0, 1, 1)
-        self.label_20 = QtGui.QLabel(self.tabNamecoin)
+        self.labelNamecoinPassword = QtGui.QLabel(self.tabNamecoin)
-        self.label_20.setAlignment(QtCore.Qt.AlignRight|QtCore.Qt.AlignTrailing|QtCore.Qt.AlignVCenter)
+        self.labelNamecoinPassword.setAlignment(QtCore.Qt.AlignRight|QtCore.Qt.AlignTrailing|QtCore.Qt.AlignVCenter)
-        self.label_20.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("label_20"))
+        self.labelNamecoinPassword.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("labelNamecoinPassword"))
-        self.gridLayout_8.addWidget(self.label_20, 4, 1, 1, 1)
+        self.gridLayout_8.addWidget(self.labelNamecoinPassword, 5, 1, 1, 1)
         self.lineEditNamecoinPassword = QtGui.QLineEdit(self.tabNamecoin)
         self.lineEditNamecoinPassword.setInputMethodHints(QtCore.Qt.ImhHiddenText|QtCore.Qt.ImhNoAutoUppercase|QtCore.Qt.ImhNoPredictiveText)
         self.lineEditNamecoinPassword.setEchoMode(QtGui.QLineEdit.Password)
         self.lineEditNamecoinPassword.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("lineEditNamecoinPassword"))
-        self.gridLayout_8.addWidget(self.lineEditNamecoinPassword, 4, 2, 1, 1)
+        self.gridLayout_8.addWidget(self.lineEditNamecoinPassword, 5, 2, 1, 1)
         self.labelNamecoinTestResult = QtGui.QLabel(self.tabNamecoin)
         self.labelNamecoinTestResult.setText(_fromUtf8(""))
         self.labelNamecoinTestResult.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("labelNamecoinTestResult"))
-        self.gridLayout_8.addWidget(self.labelNamecoinTestResult, 6, 0, 1, 2)
+        self.gridLayout_8.addWidget(self.labelNamecoinTestResult, 7, 0, 1, 2)
         self.pushButtonNamecoinTest = QtGui.QPushButton(self.tabNamecoin)
         self.pushButtonNamecoinTest.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("pushButtonNamecoinTest"))
-        self.gridLayout_8.addWidget(self.pushButtonNamecoinTest, 6, 2, 1, 1)
+        self.gridLayout_8.addWidget(self.pushButtonNamecoinTest, 7, 2, 1, 1)
+        self.horizontalLayout = QtGui.QHBoxLayout()
+        self.horizontalLayout.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("horizontalLayout"))
+        self.label_21 = QtGui.QLabel(self.tabNamecoin)
+        self.label_21.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("label_21"))
+        self.horizontalLayout.addWidget(self.label_21)
+        self.radioButtonNamecoinNamecoind = QtGui.QRadioButton(self.tabNamecoin)
+        self.radioButtonNamecoinNamecoind.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("radioButtonNamecoinNamecoind"))
+        self.horizontalLayout.addWidget(self.radioButtonNamecoinNamecoind)
+        self.radioButtonNamecoinNmcontrol = QtGui.QRadioButton(self.tabNamecoin)
+        self.radioButtonNamecoinNmcontrol.setObjectName(_fromUtf8("radioButtonNamecoinNmcontrol"))
+        self.horizontalLayout.addWidget(self.radioButtonNamecoinNmcontrol)
+        self.gridLayout_8.addLayout(self.horizontalLayout, 1, 0, 1, 3)
         self.tabWidgetSettings.addTab(self.tabNamecoin, _fromUtf8(""))
         self.gridLayout.addWidget(self.tabWidgetSettings, 0, 0, 1, 1)
 
@@ -325,11 +338,14 @@ class Ui_settingsDialog(object):
         self.label_13.setText(QtGui.QApplication.translate("settingsDialog", "Maximum acceptable total difficulty:", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
         self.label_14.setText(QtGui.QApplication.translate("settingsDialog", "Maximum acceptable small message difficulty:", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
         self.tabWidgetSettings.setTabText(self.tabWidgetSettings.indexOf(self.tab_2), QtGui.QApplication.translate("settingsDialog", "Max acceptable difficulty", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
-        self.label_16.setText(QtGui.QApplication.translate("settingsDialog", "Bitmessage addresses can be fetched automatically from Namecoin identities.  If you have namecoind installed and running, chances are that the automatic configuration below works already for you.  If not, you can fine-tune the settings to use for connecting to your local namecoind instance.  Alternatively, you may also use nmcontrol instead of namecoind.", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
+        self.label_16.setText(QtGui.QApplication.translate("settingsDialog", "Bitmessage addresses can be fetched automatically from Namecoin identities.  You can use either namecoind directly or a running nmcontrol instance.", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
         self.label_17.setText(QtGui.QApplication.translate("settingsDialog", "Host:", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
         self.label_18.setText(QtGui.QApplication.translate("settingsDialog", "Port:", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
-        self.label_19.setText(QtGui.QApplication.translate("settingsDialog", "Username:", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
+        self.labelNamecoinUser.setText(QtGui.QApplication.translate("settingsDialog", "Username:", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
-        self.label_20.setText(QtGui.QApplication.translate("settingsDialog", "Password:", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
+        self.labelNamecoinPassword.setText(QtGui.QApplication.translate("settingsDialog", "Password:", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
         self.pushButtonNamecoinTest.setText(QtGui.QApplication.translate("settingsDialog", "Test", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
+        self.label_21.setText(QtGui.QApplication.translate("settingsDialog", "Connect to:", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
+        self.radioButtonNamecoinNamecoind.setText(QtGui.QApplication.translate("settingsDialog", "Namecoind", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
+        self.radioButtonNamecoinNmcontrol.setText(QtGui.QApplication.translate("settingsDialog", "NMControl", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
         self.tabWidgetSettings.setTabText(self.tabWidgetSettings.indexOf(self.tabNamecoin), QtGui.QApplication.translate("settingsDialog", "Namecoin integration", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))
 

src/bitmessageqt/settings.ui

@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@
        <string>Namecoin integration</string>
       </attribute>
       <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_8">
-       <item row="1" column="0">
+       <item row="2" column="0">
         <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_6">
          <property name="orientation">
           <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
@@ -512,14 +512,14 @@
        <item row="0" column="0" colspan="3">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_16">
          <property name="text">
-          <string>Bitmessage addresses can be fetched automatically from Namecoin identities.  If you have namecoind installed and running, chances are that the automatic configuration below works already for you.  If not, you can fine-tune the settings to use for connecting to your local namecoind instance.  Alternatively, you may also use nmcontrol instead of namecoind.</string>
+          <string>Bitmessage addresses can be fetched automatically from Namecoin identities.  You can use either namecoind directly or a running nmcontrol instance.</string>
          </property>
          <property name="wordWrap">
           <bool>true</bool>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="1" column="1">
+       <item row="2" column="1">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_17">
          <property name="text">
           <string>Host:</string>
@@ -529,10 +529,10 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="1" column="2">
+       <item row="2" column="2">
         <widget class="QLineEdit" name="lineEditNamecoinHost"/>
        </item>
-       <item row="2" column="0">
+       <item row="3" column="0">
         <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_7">
          <property name="orientation">
           <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
@@ -545,33 +545,7 @@
          </property>
         </spacer>
        </item>
-       <item row="2" column="1">
+       <item row="4" column="0">
-        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_18">
-         <property name="text">
-          <string>Port:</string>
-         </property>
-         <property name="alignment">
-          <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
-         </property>
-        </widget>
-       </item>
-       <item row="2" column="2">
-        <widget class="QLineEdit" name="lineEditNamecoinPort"/>
-       </item>
-       <item row="7" column="1">
-        <spacer name="verticalSpacer_4">
-         <property name="orientation">
-          <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
-         </property>
-         <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
-          <size>
-           <width>20</width>
-           <height>40</height>
-          </size>
-         </property>
-        </spacer>
-       </item>
-       <item row="3" column="0">
         <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_8">
          <property name="orientation">
           <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
@@ -585,7 +559,36 @@
         </spacer>
        </item>
        <item row="3" column="1">
-        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_19">
+        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_18">
+         <property name="enabled">
+          <bool>true</bool>
+         </property>
+         <property name="text">
+          <string>Port:</string>
+         </property>
+         <property name="alignment">
+          <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item row="3" column="2">
+        <widget class="QLineEdit" name="lineEditNamecoinPort"/>
+       </item>
+       <item row="8" column="1">
+        <spacer name="verticalSpacer_4">
+         <property name="orientation">
+          <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+         </property>
+         <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+          <size>
+           <width>20</width>
+           <height>40</height>
+          </size>
+         </property>
+        </spacer>
+       </item>
+       <item row="4" column="1">
+        <widget class="QLabel" name="labelNamecoinUser">
          <property name="text">
           <string>Username:</string>
          </property>
@@ -594,10 +597,10 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="3" column="2">
+       <item row="4" column="2">
         <widget class="QLineEdit" name="lineEditNamecoinUser"/>
        </item>
-       <item row="4" column="0">
+       <item row="5" column="0">
         <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_9">
          <property name="orientation">
           <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
@@ -610,8 +613,8 @@
          </property>
         </spacer>
        </item>
-       <item row="4" column="1">
+       <item row="5" column="1">
-        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_20">
+        <widget class="QLabel" name="labelNamecoinPassword">
          <property name="text">
           <string>Password:</string>
          </property>
@@ -620,7 +623,7 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="4" column="2">
+       <item row="5" column="2">
         <widget class="QLineEdit" name="lineEditNamecoinPassword">
          <property name="inputMethodHints">
           <set>Qt::ImhHiddenText|Qt::ImhNoAutoUppercase|Qt::ImhNoPredictiveText</set>
@@ -630,20 +633,45 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="6" column="0" colspan="2">
+       <item row="7" column="0" colspan="2">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="labelNamecoinTestResult">
          <property name="text">
           <string/>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="6" column="2">
+       <item row="7" column="2">
         <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButtonNamecoinTest">
          <property name="text">
           <string>Test</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
+       <item row="1" column="0" colspan="3">
+        <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
+         <item>
+          <widget class="QLabel" name="label_21">
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>Connect to:</string>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
+         <item>
+          <widget class="QRadioButton" name="radioButtonNamecoinNamecoind">
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>Namecoind</string>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
+         <item>
+          <widget class="QRadioButton" name="radioButtonNamecoinNmcontrol">
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>NMControl</string>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
+        </layout>
+       </item>
       </layout>
      </widget>
     </widget>

src/namecoin.py

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class namecoinConnection (object):
     password = None
     host = None
     port = None
+    nmctype = None
     bufsize = 4096
     queryid = 1
 
@@ -51,17 +52,21 @@ class namecoinConnection (object):
     def __init__ (self, options = None):
         if options is None:
           ensureNamecoinOptions ()
+          self.nmctype = shared.config.get (configSection, "namecoinrpctype")
           self.host = shared.config.get (configSection, "namecoinrpchost")
           self.port = shared.config.get (configSection, "namecoinrpcport")
           self.user = shared.config.get (configSection, "namecoinrpcuser")
           self.password = shared.config.get (configSection,
                                              "namecoinrpcpassword")
         else:
+          self.nmctype = options["type"]
           self.host = options["host"]
           self.port = options["port"]
           self.user = options["user"]
           self.password = options["password"]
 
+        assert self.nmctype == "namecoind" or self.nmctype == "nmcontrol"
+
     # Query for the bitmessage address corresponding to the given identity
     # string.  If it doesn't contain a slash, id/ is prepended.  We return
     # the result as (Error, Address) pair, where the Error is an error
@@ -72,7 +77,16 @@ class namecoinConnection (object):
             string = "id/" + string
 
         try:
+            if self.nmctype == "namecoind":
                 res = self.callRPC ("name_show", [string])
+                res = res["value"]
+            elif self.nmctype == "nmcontrol":
+                res = self.callRPC ("data", ["getValue", string])
+                res = res["reply"]
+                if res == False:
+                    raise RPCError ({"code": -4})
+            else:
+                assert False
         except RPCError as exc:
             if exc.error["code"] == -4:
                 return ("The name '%s' was not found." % string, None)
@@ -84,7 +98,7 @@ class namecoinConnection (object):
             return ("The namecoin query failed.", None)
 
         try:
-            val = json.loads (res["value"])
+            val = json.loads (res)
         except:
             return ("The name '%s' has no valid JSON data." % string, None)
 
@@ -99,6 +113,7 @@ class namecoinConnection (object):
     # some info from it.
     def test (self):
         try:
+            if self.nmctype == "namecoind":
                 res = self.callRPC ("getinfo", [])
                 vers = res["version"]
                 
@@ -114,13 +129,31 @@ class namecoinConnection (object):
 
                 return "Success!  Namecoind version %s running." % versStr
 
-        except:
+            elif self.nmctype == "nmcontrol":
-            return "The connection to namecoind failed."
+                res = self.callRPC ("data", ["status"])
+                prefix = "Plugin data running"
+                if ("reply" in res) and res["reply"][:len(prefix)] == prefix:
+                    return "Success!  NMControll is up and running."
+
+                print "Unexpected nmcontrol reply: %s" % res
+                return "Couldn't understand NMControl."
+
+            else:
+                assert False
+
+        except Exception as exc:
+            print "Exception testing the namecoin connection:\n%s" % str (exc)
+            return "The connection to namecoin failed."
 
     # Helper routine that actually performs an JSON RPC call.
     def callRPC (self, method, params):
         data = {"method": method, "params": params, "id": self.queryid}
+        if self.nmctype == "namecoind":
           resp = self.queryHTTP (json.dumps (data))
+        elif self.nmctype == "nmcontrol":
+          resp = self.queryServer (json.dumps (data))
+        else:
+          assert False
         val = json.loads (resp)
 
         if val["id"] != self.queryid:
@@ -203,6 +236,8 @@ def lookupNamecoinFolder ():
 # Ensure all namecoin options are set, by setting those to default values
 # that aren't there.
 def ensureNamecoinOptions ():
+    if not shared.config.has_option (configSection, "namecoinrpctype"):
+        shared.config.set (configSection, "namecoinrpctype", "namecoind")
     if not shared.config.has_option (configSection, "namecoinrpchost"):
         shared.config.set (configSection, "namecoinrpchost", "localhost")
     if not shared.config.has_option (configSection, "namecoinrpcport"):