Do NVDA addons have ability to execute on NVDA startup/shutdown?

Question

I am trying to write an addon that does a thing when NVDA starts up. I want it do something else when NVDA shuts down. I have written a basic addon that uses input gestures to do my things... but are there event handlers or some other mechanism that I can use to tie into so I can do my things on NVDA startup/shutdown?

Answer 1

The answer is yes.
https://github.com/nvdaaddons/DevGuide/wiki/NVDA-Add-on-Development-Guide#other-components

For GlobalPlugins, a constructor like so can be used for startup:

def __init__(self):
    super(GlobalPlugin, self).__init__()
    # DO STUFF

And a terminate() for shutdown:

def terminate(self):
    # DO STUFF