diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2db6d522..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-name: Lint
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - main
-
-jobs:
-
-  lint:
-    runs-on: windows-latest
-
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      with:
-        path: code
-    - name: Set up Python 3.11
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-      with:
-        python-version: 3.11
-    - name: debugging
-      run: dir -l code
-    - name: Install dependencies (flake8)
-      run: pip install -r code/.github/workflows/requirements.txt
-    - name: Lint
-      run: flake8 code/addon --max-line-length=130 --extend-exclude=code/addon/globalPlugins/MathCAT/yaml/*
-    - name: type check
-      uses: jakebailey/pyright-action@v1
-      with:
-        working-directory: code/addon/globalPlugins/MathCAT
-        python-version: 3.11
-        pylance-version: latest-release
diff --git a/.github/workflows/requirements.txt b/.github/workflows/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 79ef110f..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-####### requirements.txt #######
-#
-###### Requirements for automated lint ######
-flake8 >= 3.8
-flake8-tabs >= 2.3
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diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 20f42cca..d5c872f7 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@ repos:
     - id: debug-statements
     # Removes trailing whitespace.
     - id: trailing-whitespace
-      types_or: [python, c, c++, batch, markdown, toml, yaml]
+      types_or: [python, batch, markdown, toml, yaml, rust]
     # Ensures all files end in 1 (and only 1) newline.
     - id: end-of-file-fixer
-      types_or: [python, c, c++, batch, markdown, toml, yaml]
+      types_or: [python, batch, markdown, toml, yaml, rust]
     # Removes the UTF-8 BOM from files that have it.
     # See https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/blob/master/projectDocs/dev/codingStandards.md#encoding
     - id: fix-byte-order-marker
-      types_or: [python, c, c++, batch, markdown, toml, yaml]
+      types_or: [python, batch, markdown, toml, yaml, rust]
     # Validates TOML files.
     - id: check-toml
     # Validates YAML files.
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2549373d..7b4eeed5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ version = "0.22"
 features = ["extension-module", "abi3"]
 
 [build-dependencies]
-zip = { version = "2.6", default-features = false, features = ["bzip2"] }
+zip = { version = "3.0", default-features = false, features = ["bzip2"] }
 mathcat = {version = "=0.6.9", features = ["include-zip"]}     # for building, we want the zip files so we can include them separately
 # mathcat = { path = "../MathCAT/", features = ["include-zip"]}     # for building, we want the zip files so we can include them separately
 # for testing MathCAT without having to publish a new version (change two occurrences)
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 6e40b59f..ac4f5757 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ fn main() {
 
     let mut zip_archive = ZipArchive::new(archive).unwrap();
     zip_archive.extract(&location).expect("Zip extraction failed");
-}
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+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index d02b74ad..e53a7fa3 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //! 1. whatever preferences the AT needs to set, it is done with calls to [`SetPreference`].
 //! 2. the MathML is sent over via [`SetMathML`].
 //! 3. AT calls to get the speech [`GetSpokenText`] and calls [`GetBraille`] to get the (Unicode) braille.
-//! 
+//!
 //! Navigation can be done via calls to either:
 //! * [`DoNavigateKeyPress`] (takes key events as input)
 //! * [`DoNavigateCommand`] (takes the commands the key events internally map to)
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 //! * [`GetNavigationMathML`] -- returns a string representing the MathML for the selected node
 //! Note: a second integer is returned. This is the offset in characters for a leaf node.
 //!   This is needed when navigating by character for multi-symbol leaf nodes such as "sin" and "1234"
-//! 
+//!
 //! It is also possible to find out what preferences are currently set by calling [`GetPreference`]
 //!
 //! AT can pass key strokes to allow a user to navigate the MathML by calling [`DoNavigateKeyPress`]; the speech is returned.
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ pub fn GetPreference(_py: Python, name: String) -> PyResult<String> {
 #[pyfunction]
 /// Get the braille associated with the MathML node with a given id (MathML set by `SetMathML`]).
 /// An empty string can be used to return the braille associated with the entire expression.
-/// 
+///
 /// The braille returned depends upon the preference for braille output.
 pub fn GetBraille(_py: Python, nav_node_id: String) -> PyResult<String> {
     return convert_error( get_braille(nav_node_id) );
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ pub fn GetBraille(_py: Python, nav_node_id: String) -> PyResult<String> {
 #[pyfunction]
 /// Get the braille associated with the MathML node with a given id (MathML set by `SetMathML`]).
 /// An empty string can be used to return the braille associated with the entire expression.
-/// 
+///
 /// The braille returned depends upon the preference for braille output.
 pub fn GetNavigationBraille(_py: Python) -> PyResult<String> {
     return convert_error( get_navigation_braille() );
@@ -124,17 +124,17 @@ pub fn DoNavigateKeyPress(_py: Python, key: usize, shift_key: bool, control_key:
 /// Given a command, the current node is moved accordingly (or value reported in some cases).
 ///
 /// The spoken text for the new current node is returned.
-/// 
+///
 /// The list of legal commands are:
-/// "MovePrevious", "MoveNext", "MoveStart", "MoveEnd", "MoveLineStart", "MoveLineEnd", 
-/// "MoveCellPrevious", "MoveCellNext", "MoveCellUp", "MoveCellDown", "MoveColumnStart", "MoveColumnEnd", 
-/// "ZoomIn", "ZoomOut", "ZoomOutAll", "ZoomInAll", 
-/// "MoveLastLocation", 
-/// "ReadPrevious", "ReadNext", "ReadCurrent", "ReadCellCurrent", "ReadStart", "ReadEnd", "ReadLineStart", "ReadLineEnd", 
-/// "DescribePrevious", "DescribeNext", "DescribeCurrent", 
-/// "WhereAmI", "WhereAmIAll", 
-/// "ToggleZoomLockUp", "ToggleZoomLockDown", "ToggleSpeakMode", 
-/// "Exit", 
+/// "MovePrevious", "MoveNext", "MoveStart", "MoveEnd", "MoveLineStart", "MoveLineEnd",
+/// "MoveCellPrevious", "MoveCellNext", "MoveCellUp", "MoveCellDown", "MoveColumnStart", "MoveColumnEnd",
+/// "ZoomIn", "ZoomOut", "ZoomOutAll", "ZoomInAll",
+/// "MoveLastLocation",
+/// "ReadPrevious", "ReadNext", "ReadCurrent", "ReadCellCurrent", "ReadStart", "ReadEnd", "ReadLineStart", "ReadLineEnd",
+/// "DescribePrevious", "DescribeNext", "DescribeCurrent",
+/// "WhereAmI", "WhereAmIAll",
+/// "ToggleZoomLockUp", "ToggleZoomLockDown", "ToggleSpeakMode",
+/// "Exit",
 /// "MoveTo0","MoveTo1","MoveTo2","MoveTo3","MoveTo4","MoveTo5","MoveTo6","MoveTo7","MoveTo8","MoveTo9",
 /// "Read0","Read1","Read2","Read3","Read4","Read5","Read6","Read7","Read8","Read9",
 /// "Describe0","Describe1","Describe2","Describe3","Describe4","Describe5","Describe6","Describe7","Describe8","Describe9",
@@ -192,4 +192,4 @@ mod py_tests {
             Err(e) => panic!("Error remains {}", e.to_string()),
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}