fixes for stdio/text gui

electrum/util.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 import binascii
 import os, sys, re, json
 from collections import defaultdict
-from typing import NamedTuple
+from typing import NamedTuple, Union
 from datetime import datetime
 import decimal
 from decimal import Decimal
@@ -282,9 +282,12 @@ class DaemonThread(threading.Thread, PrintError):
 
 
 verbosity = '*'
-def set_verbosity(b):
+def set_verbosity(filters: Union[str, bool]):
     global verbosity
-    verbosity = b
+    if type(filters) is bool:  # backwards compat
+        verbosity = '*' if filters else ''
+        return
+    verbosity = filters
 
 
 def print_error(*args):