require user to start daemon explicitly

electrum

@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ def arg_parser():
     parser.add_option("-g", "--gui", dest="gui", help="User interface: qt, lite, gtk, text or stdio")
     parser.add_option("-w", "--wallet", dest="wallet_path", help="wallet path")
     parser.add_option("-o", "--offline", action="store_true", dest="offline", default=False, help="remain offline")
-    parser.add_option("-d", "--daemon", action="store_true", dest="daemon", default=False, help="use daemon")
     parser.add_option("-C", "--concealed", action="store_true", dest="concealed", default=False, help="don't echo seed to console when restoring")
     parser.add_option("-a", "--all", action="store_true", dest="show_all", default=False, help="show all addresses")
     parser.add_option("-l", "--labels", action="store_true", dest="show_labels", default=False, help="show the labels of listed addresses")
@@ -148,7 +147,10 @@ def run_command(cmd, password=None, args=None):
     if args is None:
         args = []  # Do not use mutables as default values!
     if cmd.requires_network and not options.offline:
-        s = get_daemon(config, True)
+        s = get_daemon(config, False)
+        if not s:
+            print_msg("Network daemon is not running. Try 'electrum daemon start'")
+            sys.exit(1)
         network = NetworkProxy(s, config)
         network.start()
         while network.is_connecting():
@@ -238,7 +240,9 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
         # network interface
         if not options.offline:
-            s = get_daemon(config, start_daemon=options.daemon)
+            s = get_daemon(config, False)
+            if s:
+                print_msg("Connected to daemon")
             network = NetworkProxy(s, config)
             network.start()
         else:
@@ -335,8 +339,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                 wallet.create_main_account(password)
 
             if not options.offline:
-                s = get_daemon(config, True)
-                network = NetworkProxy(s,config)
+                s = get_daemon(config, False)
+                network = NetworkProxy(s, config)
                 network.start()
                 wallet.start_threads(network)
                 print_msg("Recovering wallet...")

lib/daemon.py

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def do_start_daemon(config):
 
 
 
-def get_daemon(config, start_daemon=True):
+def get_daemon(config, start_daemon):
     import socket
     daemon_socket = os.path.join(config.path, DAEMON_SOCKET)
     daemon_started = False
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ def get_daemon(config, start_daemon=True):
         try:
             s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
             s.connect(daemon_socket)
-            if not daemon_started:
-                print_stderr("Connected to daemon")
             return s
         except socket.error:
             if not start_daemon:
@@ -180,7 +178,7 @@ def daemon_loop(server):
     daemon_socket = os.path.join(server.config.path, DAEMON_SOCKET)
     if os.path.exists(daemon_socket):
         os.remove(daemon_socket)
-    daemon_timeout = server.config.get('daemon_timeout', 5*60)
+    daemon_timeout = server.config.get('daemon_timeout', None)
     s.bind(daemon_socket)
     s.listen(5)
     s.settimeout(1)
@@ -189,6 +187,8 @@ def daemon_loop(server):
         try:
             connection, address = s.accept()
         except socket.timeout:
+            if daemon_timeout is None:
+                continue
             if not server.clients:
                 if time.time() - t > daemon_timeout:
                     print_error("Daemon timeout")