Fix several minor typos in examples.

matplotlib · tacaswell · Dec 17, 2016 · Dec 4, 2016 · Dec 4, 2016 · Dec 4, 2016
commit 7de832cab101c3e615061ce92ba974f95f7eb6ce
diff --git a/doc/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid/figures/simple_axisartist1.py b/doc/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid/figures/simple_axisartist1.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 ax.axis["bottom", "top", "right"].set_visible(False)
 
 # make an new axis along the first axis axis (x-axis) which pass
-# throught y=0.
+# through y=0.
 ax.axis["y=0"] = ax.new_floating_axis(nth_coord=0, value=0,
                                       axis_direction="bottom")
 ax.axis["y=0"].toggle(all=True)

diff --git a/doc/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid/figures/simple_axisline2.py b/doc/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid/figures/simple_axisline2.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 fig = plt.figure(1, (4,3))
 
-# a subplot with two additiona axis, "xzero" and "yzero". "xzero" is
+# a subplot with two additional axis, "xzero" and "yzero". "xzero" is
 # y=0 line, and "yzero" is x=0 line.
 ax = SubplotZero(fig, 1, 1, 1)
 fig.add_subplot(ax)

diff --git a/doc/users/plotting/examples/custom_boxstyle02.py b/doc/users/plotting/examples/custom_boxstyle02.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 
 # we may derive from matplotlib.patches.BoxStyle._Base class.
-# You need to overide transmute method in this case.
+# You need to override transmute method in this case.
 
 class MyStyle(BoxStyle._Base):
     """

diff --git a/examples/api/date_demo.py b/examples/api/date_demo.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 datafile = cbook.get_sample_data('goog.npy')
 try:
     # Python3 cannot load python2 .npy files with datetime(object) arrays
-    # unless the encoding is set to bytes. Hovever this option was
+    # unless the encoding is set to bytes. However this option was
     # not added until numpy 1.10 so this example will only work with
     # python 2 or with numpy 1.10 and later.
     r = np.load(datafile, encoding='bytes').view(np.recarray)

diff --git a/examples/api/font_file.py b/examples/api/font_file.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 Although it is usually not a good idea to explicitly point to a single
 ttf file for a font instance, you can do so using the
 font_manager.FontProperties fname argument (for a more flexible
-solution, see the font_fmaily_rc.py and fonts_demo.py examples).
+solution, see the font_family_rc.py and fonts_demo.py examples).
 """
 import sys
 import os

diff --git a/examples/api/histogram_path_demo.py b/examples/api/histogram_path_demo.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 the faster method of using PolyCollections, were implemented before we
 had proper paths with moveto/lineto, closepoly etc in mpl.  Now that
 we have them, we can draw collections of regularly shaped objects with
-homogeous properties more efficiently with a PathCollection.  This
+homogeneous properties more efficiently with a PathCollection.  This
 example makes a histogram -- its more work to set up the vertex arrays
 at the outset, but it should be much faster for large numbers of
 objects

diff --git a/examples/api/radar_chart.py b/examples/api/radar_chart.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def example_data():
     #     Pyrolized Organic Carbon (OP)
     #  2)Inclusion of gas-phase specie carbon monoxide (CO)
     #  3)Inclusion of gas-phase specie ozone (O3).
-    #  4)Inclusion of both gas-phase speciesis present...
+    #  4)Inclusion of both gas-phase species is present...
     data = [
         ['Sulfate', 'Nitrate', 'EC', 'OC1', 'OC2', 'OC3', 'OP', 'CO', 'O3'],
         ('Basecase', [

diff --git a/examples/api/unicode_minus.py b/examples/api/unicode_minus.py
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 Unicode minus
 =============
 
-You can use the proper typesetting unicode minus (see
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plus_sign#Plus_sign) or the ASCII hypen
+You can use the proper typesetting Unicode minus (see
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plus_sign#Plus_sign) or the ASCII hyphen
 for minus, which some people prefer.  The matplotlibrc param
 axes.unicode_minus controls the default behavior.
 
-The default is to use the unicode minus
+The default is to use the Unicode minus.
 """
 import numpy as np
 import matplotlib
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@
 matplotlib.rcParams['axes.unicode_minus'] = False
 fig, ax = plt.subplots()
 ax.plot(10*np.random.randn(100), 10*np.random.randn(100), 'o')
-ax.set_title('Using hypen instead of unicode minus')
+ax.set_title('Using hyphen instead of Unicode minus')
 plt.show()
diff --git a/examples/axes_grid/demo_curvelinear_grid.py b/examples/axes_grid/demo_curvelinear_grid.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def curvelinear_test2(fig):
     # A parasite axes with given transform
     ax2 = ParasiteAxesAuxTrans(ax1, tr, "equal")
     # note that ax2.transData == tr + ax1.transData
-    # Anthing you draw in ax2 will match the ticks and grids of ax1.
+    # Anything you draw in ax2 will match the ticks and grids of ax1.
     ax1.parasites.append(ax2)
     intp = cbook.simple_linear_interpolation
     ax2.plot(intp(np.array([0, 30]), 50),

diff --git a/examples/axes_grid/demo_parasite_axes2.py b/examples/axes_grid/demo_parasite_axes2.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 to plot multiple different values onto one single plot. Notice how in this
 example, par1 and par2 are both calling twinx meaning both are tied directly to
 the x-axis. From there, each of those two axis can behave separately from the
-each other, meaning they can take on seperate values from themselves as well as
+each other, meaning they can take on separate values from themselves as well as
 the x-axis.
 """
 from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1 import host_subplot

diff --git a/examples/event_handling/README.txt b/examples/event_handling/README.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ matplotlib supports event handling with a GUI neutral event model.  So
 you can connect to matplotlib events w/o knowledge of what user
 interface matplotlib will ultimately be plugged in to.  This has two
 advantages: the code you write will be more portable, and matplotlib
-events are aware of things like data coordinate space and whih axes
+events are aware of things like data coordinate space and which axes
 the event occurs in so you don't have to mess with low level
 transformation details to go from canvas space to data space.  Object
 picking examples are also included.
diff --git a/examples/event_handling/legend_picking.py b/examples/event_handling/legend_picking.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """
-Enable picking on the legend to toggle the legended line on and off
+Enable picking on the legend to toggle the original line on and off
 """
    import numpy as np
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

diff --git a/examples/event_handling/viewlims.py b/examples/event_handling/viewlims.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def __call__(self, ax):
 # A class that will regenerate a fractal set as we zoom in, so that you
 # can actually see the increasing detail.  A box in the left panel will show
 # the area to which we are zoomed.
-class MandlebrotDisplay(object):
+class MandelbrotDisplay(object):
     def __init__(self, h=500, w=500, niter=50, radius=2., power=2):
         self.height = h
         self.width = w
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def ax_update(self, ax):
         im.set_extent((xstart, xend, ystart, yend))
         ax.figure.canvas.draw_idle()
 
-md = MandlebrotDisplay()
+md = MandelbrotDisplay()
 Z = md(-2., 0.5, -1.25, 1.25)
 
 fig1, (ax1, ax2) = plt.subplots(1, 2)

diff --git a/examples/misc/ftface_props.py b/examples/misc/ftface_props.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 """
 This is a demo script to show you how to use all the properties of an
 FT2Font object.  These describe global font properties.  For
-individual character metrices, use the Glyp object, as returned by
+individual character metrics, use the Glyph object, as returned by
 load_char
 """
 import matplotlib
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 print('Num faces   :', font.num_faces)        # number of faces in file
 print('Num glyphs  :', font.num_glyphs)       # number of glyphs in the face
 print('Family name :', font.family_name)      # face family name
-print('Syle name   :', font.style_name)       # face syle name
+print('Style name  :', font.style_name)       # face style name
 print('PS name     :', font.postscript_name)  # the postscript name
 print('Num fixed   :', font.num_fixed_sizes)  # number of embedded bitmap in face
 

diff --git a/examples/misc/sample_data_demo.py b/examples/misc/sample_data_demo.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """
 Grab mpl data from the ~/.matplotlib/sample_data cache if it exists, else
-fetch it from github and cache it
+fetch it from GitHub and cache it
 """
 from __future__ import print_function
 import matplotlib.cbook as cbook

diff --git a/examples/misc/svg_filter_line.py b/examples/misc/svg_filter_line.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """
 Demonstrate SVG filtering effects which might be used with mpl.
 
-Note that the filtering effects are only effective if your svg rederer
+Note that the filtering effects are only effective if your svg renderer
 support it.
 """
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 for l in [l1, l2]:
     # pick up the svg element with given id
     shadow = xmlid[l.get_label() + "_shadow"]
-    # apply shdow filter
+    # apply shadow filter
     shadow.set("filter", 'url(#dropshadow)')
 
 fn = "svg_filter_line.svg"

diff --git a/examples/misc/svg_filter_pie.py b/examples/misc/svg_filter_pie.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Demonstrate SVG filtering effects which might be used with mpl.
 The pie chart drawing code is borrowed from pie_demo.py
 
-Note that the filtering effects are only effective if your svg rederer
+Note that the filtering effects are only effective if your svg renderer
 support it.
 """
 
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@
 
 
 # filter definition for shadow using a gaussian blur
-# and lighteneing effect.
-# The lightnening filter is copied from http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/filters.html
+# and lightening effect.
+# The lightening filter is copied from http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/filters.html
 
 # I tested it with Inkscape and Firefox3. "Gaussian blur" is supported
-# in both, but the lightnening effect only in the inkscape. Also note
-# that, inkscape's exporting also may not support it.
+# in both, but the lightening effect only in the Inkscape. Also note
+# that, Inkscape's exporting also may not support it.
 
 filter_def = """
   <defs  xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' xmlns:xlink='http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink'>

diff --git a/examples/pylab_examples/accented_text.py b/examples/pylab_examples/accented_text.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""
+r"""
 matplotlib supports accented characters via TeX mathtext
 
 The following accents are provided: \hat, \breve, \grave, \bar,

diff --git a/examples/pylab_examples/centered_ticklabels.py b/examples/pylab_examples/centered_ticklabels.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 fh = cbook.get_sample_data('aapl.npy.gz')
 try:
     # Python3 cannot load python2 .npy files with datetime(object) arrays
-    # unless the encoding is set to bytes. Hovever this option was
+    # unless the encoding is set to bytes. However this option was
     # not added until numpy 1.10 so this example will only work with
     # python 2 or with numpy 1.10 and later.
     r = np.load(fh, encoding='bytes')

diff --git a/examples/pylab_examples/demo_agg_filter.py b/examples/pylab_examples/demo_agg_filter.py
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ def drop_shadow_line(ax):
 
 
 def drop_shadow_patches(ax):
-    # copyed from barchart_demo.py
+    # Copied from barchart_demo.py
     N = 5
     menMeans = (20, 35, 30, 35, 27)
 

diff --git a/examples/pylab_examples/errorbar_subsample.py b/examples/pylab_examples/errorbar_subsample.py
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@
 ax.set_title('only every 5th errorbar')
 
 
-fig.suptitle('Errorbar subsampling for better visualibility')
+fig.suptitle('Errorbar subsampling for better appearance')
 
 plt.show()
diff --git a/examples/pylab_examples/leftventricle_bulleye.py b/examples/pylab_examples/leftventricle_bulleye.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def bullseye_plot(ax, data, segBold=None, cmap=None, norm=None):
         theta_i = i*60*np.pi/180
         ax.plot([theta_i, theta_i], [r[1], 1], '-k', lw=linewidth)
 
-    # Create the bounds for the segmentss 13-16
+    # Create the bounds for the segments 13-16
     for i in range(4):
         theta_i = i*90*np.pi/180 - 45*np.pi/180
         ax.plot([theta_i, thet
CDA2
a_i], [r[0], r[1]], '-k', lw=linewidth)

diff --git a/examples/pylab_examples/pythonic_matplotlib.py b/examples/pylab_examples/pythonic_matplotlib.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 show commands.  These hide a lot of complexity from you that you don't
 need to see in normal figure creation, like instantiating DPI
 instances, managing the bounding boxes of the figure elements,
-creating and reaslizing GUI windows and embedding figures in them.
+creating and realizing GUI windows and embedding figures in them.
 
 
 If you are an application developer and want to embed matplotlib in
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 If you are a web application developer, you may want to use the
 example in webapp_demo.py, which shows how to use the backend agg
-figure canvase directly, with none of the globals (current figure,
+figure canvas directly, with none of the globals (current figure,
 current axes) that are present in the pyplot interface.  Note that
 there is no reason why the pyplot interface won't work for web
 application developers, however.

diff --git a/examples/pylab_examples/scatter_demo2.py b/examples/pylab_examples/scatter_demo2.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 datafile = cbook.get_sample_data('goog.npy')
 try:
     # Python3 cannot load python2 .npy files with datetime(object) arrays
-    # unless the encoding is set to bytes. Hovever this option was
+    # unless the encoding is set to bytes. However this option was
     # not added until numpy 1.10 so this example will only work with
     # python 2 or with numpy 1.10 and later
    price_data = np.load(datafile, encoding='bytes').view(np.recarray)

diff --git a/examples/pylab_examples/scatter_masked.py b/examples/pylab_examples/scatter_masked.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 r0 = 0.6
 x = 0.9*np.random.rand(N)
 y = 0.9*np.random.rand(N)
-area = np.pi*(10 * np.random.rand(N))**2  # 0 to 10 point radiuses
+area = np.pi*(10 * np.random.rand(N))**2  # 0 to 10 point radii
 c = np.sqrt(area)
 r = np.sqrt(x*x + y*y)
 area1 = np.ma.masked_where(r < r0, area)

diff --git a/examples/pylab_examples/system_monitor.py b/examples/pylab_examples/system_monitor.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def get_stats(t):
     try:
         # make sure that the GUI framework has a chance to run its event loop
         # and clear any GUI events.  This needs to be in a try/except block
-        # because the default implemenation of this method is to raise
+        # because the default implementation of this method is to raise
         # NotImplementedError
         fig.canvas.flush_events()
     except NotImplementedError:

diff --git a/examples/pylab_examples/tricontour_smooth_delaunay.py b/examples/pylab_examples/tricontour_smooth_delaunay.py
@@ -113,10 +113,10 @@ def experiment_res(x, y):
 plt.title("Filtering a Delaunay mesh\n" +
           "(application to high-resolution tricontouring)")
 
-# 1) plot of the refined (computed) data countours:
+# 1) plot of the refined (computed) data contours:
 plt.tricontour(tri_refi, z_test_refi, levels=levels, cmap=cmap,
                linewidths=[2.0, 0.5, 1.0, 0.5])
-# 2) plot of the expected (analytical) data countours (dashed):
+# 2) plot of the expected (analytical) data contours (dashed):
 if plot_expected:
     plt.tricontour(tri_refi
10000
, z_expected, levels=levels, cmap=cmap,
                    linestyles='--')

diff --git a/examples/pylab_examples/webapp_demo.py b/examples/pylab_examples/webapp_demo.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def make_fig():
     # make a translucent scatter collection
     x = np.random.rand(100)
     y = np.random.rand(100)
-    area = np.pi * (10 * np.random.rand(100)) ** 2  # 0 to 10 point radiuses
+    area = np.pi * (10 * np.random.rand(100)) ** 2  # 0 to 10 point radii
     c = ax.scatter(x, y, area)
     c.set_alpha(0.5)
 

diff --git a/examples/shapes_and_collections/scatter_demo.py b/examples/shapes_and_collections/scatter_demo.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 x = np.random.rand(N)
 y = np.random.rand(N)
 colors = np.random.rand(N)
-area = np.pi * (15 * np.random.rand(N))**2  # 0 to 15 point radiuses
+area = np.pi * (15 * np.random.rand(N))**2  # 0 to 15 point radii
 
 plt.scatter(x, y, s=area, c=colors, alpha=0.5)
 plt.show()
diff --git a/examples/specialty_plots/topographic_hillshading.py b/examples/specialty_plots/topographic_hillshading.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 # If you need topographically accurate vertical exaggeration, or you don't want
 # to guess at what *vert_exag* should be, you'll need to specify the cellsize
 # of the grid (i.e. the *dx* and *dy* parameters).  Otherwise, any *vert_exag*
-# value you specify will be realitive to the grid spacing of your input data
+# value you specify will be relative to the grid spacing of your input data
 # (in other words, *dx* and *dy* default to 1.0, and *vert_exag* is calculated
 # relative to those parameters).  Similarly, *dx* and *dy* are assumed to be in
 # the same units as your input z-values.  Therefore, we'll need to convert the

diff --git a/examples/statistics/histogram_demo_cumulative.py b/examples/statistics/histogram_demo_cumulative.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
 fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8, 4))
 
-# plot the cumulative histograme
+# plot the cumulative histogram
 n, bins, patches = ax.hist(x, n_bins, normed=1, histtype='step',
                            cumulative=True, label='Empirical')
 

diff --git a/examples/statistics/violinplot_demo.py b/examples/statistics/violinplot_demo.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 sample. Rather than showing counts of data points that fall into bins
 or order statistics, violin plots use kernel density estimation (KDE) to
 compute an empirical distribution of the sample. That computation
-is controlled by several parameters. This example demostrates how to
+is controlled by several parameters. This example demonstrates how to
 modify the number of points at which the KDE is evaluated (``points``)
 and how to modify the band-width of the KDE (``bw_method``).
 

diff --git a/examples/units/units_sample.py b/examples/units/units_sample.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """
 plot using a variety of cm vs inches conversions.  The example shows
-how default unit instrospection works (ax1), how various keywords can
+how default unit introspection works (ax1), how various keywords can
 be used to set the x and y units to override the defaults (ax2, ax3,
 ax4) and how one can set the xlimits using scalars (ax3, current units
 assumed) or units (conversions applied to get the numbers to current

diff --git a/examples/user_interfaces/README.wx b/examples/user_interfaces/README.wx
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ matplotlib  in a wxPython application
 
 	http://agni.phys.iit.edu/~kmcivor/wxmpl/
 
-Each of these approachs has different benefits and drawbacks, so I
+Each of these approaches has different benefits and drawbacks, so I
 encourage you to evaluate each of them and select the one that best
 meets your needs.
diff --git a/examples/user_interfaces/embedding_in_tk_canvas.py b/examples/user_interfaces/embedding_in_tk_canvas.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def draw_figure(canvas, figure, loc=(0, 0)):
     # Position: convert from top-left anchor to center anchor
     canvas.create_image(loc[0] + figure_w/2, loc[1] + figure_h/2, image=photo)
 
-    # Unfortunatly, there's no accessor for the pointer to the native renderer
+    # Unfortunately, there's no accessor for the pointer to the native renderer
     tkagg.blit(photo, figure_canvas_agg.get_renderer()._renderer, colormode=2)
 
     # Return a handle which contains a reference to the photo object