Use Ruff for linting and fix a ton of issues

utils/common.py

@@ -44,17 +44,17 @@ def extractVersion(beQuiet: bool = False) -> tuple[str, str, str]:
     try:
         for aLine in initFile.read_text(encoding="utf-8").splitlines():
             if aLine.startswith("__version__"):
-                numVers = getValue((aLine))
+                numVers = getValue(aLine)
             if aLine.startswith("__hexversion__"):
-                hexVers = getValue((aLine))
+                hexVers = getValue(aLine)
             if aLine.startswith("__date__"):
-                relDate = getValue((aLine))
+                relDate = getValue(aLine)
     except Exception as exc:
-        print("Could not read file: %s" % initFile)
+        print(f"Could not read file: {initFile}")
         print(str(exc))
 
     if not beQuiet:
-        print("novelWriter version: %s (%s) at %s" % (numVers, hexVers, relDate))
+        print(f"novelWriter version: {numVers} ({hexVers}) at {relDate}")
 
     return numVers, hexVers, relDate
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def copyPackageFiles(dst: Path, setupPy: bool = False) -> None:
     copyFiles = ["LICENSE.md", "CREDITS.md", "pyproject.toml"]
     for copyFile in copyFiles:
         shutil.copyfile(copyFile, dst / copyFile)
-        print("Copied: %s" % copyFile)
+        print(f"Copied: {copyFile}")
 
     writeFile(dst / "MANIFEST.in", (
         "include LICENSE.md\n"