src/bitmessageqt/__init__.py

@@ -2936,7 +2936,7 @@ class settingsDialog(QtGui.QDialog):
         self.ui.labelNamecoinPassword.setEnabled(isNamecoind)
 
         if isNamecoind:
-            self.ui.lineEditNamecoinPort.setText("8336")
+            self.ui.lineEditNamecoinPort.setText(shared.namecoinDefaultRpcPort)
         else:
             self.ui.lineEditNamecoinPort.setText("9000")
 

src/namecoin.py

@@ -247,7 +247,6 @@ def ensureNamecoinOptions ():
     hasPass = shared.config.has_option (configSection, "namecoinrpcpassword")
 
     # Try to read user/password from .namecoin configuration file.
-    if (not hasUser) or (not hasPass):
     try:
         nmcFolder = lookupNamecoinFolder ()
         nmcConfig = nmcFolder + "namecoin.conf"
@@ -268,6 +267,8 @@ def ensureNamecoinOptions ():
                 if key == "rpcpassword" and not hasPass:
                     shared.config.set (configSection,
                                        "namecoinrpcpassword", val)
+                if key == "rpcport":
+                    shared.namecoinDefaultRpcPort = val
                 
         nmc.close ()
 

src/shared.py

@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ ackdataForWhichImWatching = {}
 networkDefaultProofOfWorkNonceTrialsPerByte = 320 #The amount of work that should be performed (and demanded) per byte of the payload. Double this number to double the work.
 networkDefaultPayloadLengthExtraBytes = 14000 #To make sending short messages a little more difficult, this value is added to the payload length for use in calculating the proof of work target.
 
+# Remember here the RPC port read from namecoin.conf so we can restore to
+# it as default whenever the user changes the "method" selection for
+# namecoin integration to "namecoind".
+namecoinDefaultRpcPort = "8336"
+
 def isInSqlInventory(hash):
     t = (hash,)
     shared.sqlLock.acquire()