more typo and spelling fixes

endolith · endolith · commit b2c672323395 · 2012-06-05T11:13:39.000-04:00
diff --git a/examples/pylab_examples/set_and_get.py b/examples/pylab_examples/set_and_get.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
         >>> setp(line)
 
     set operates on a single instance or a list of instances.  If you are
-    in quey mode introspecting the possible values, only the first
-    instance in the sequnce is used.  When actually setting values, all
+    in query mode introspecting the possible values, only the first
+    instance in the sequence is used.  When actually setting values, all
     the instances will be set.  Eg, suppose you have a list of two lines,
     the following will make both lines thicker and red
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         color = b
         ... long listing skipped ...
 
-Alisases:
+Aliases:
 
   To reduce keystrokes in interactive mode, a number of properties
   have short aliases, eg 'lw' for 'linewidth' and 'mec' for
diff --git a/examples/pylab_examples/shading_example.py b/examples/pylab_examples/shading_example.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from matplotlib.colors import LightSource
 
 # example showing how to make shaded relief plots 
-# like mathematica
+# like Mathematica
 # (http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/ReliefPlot.html)
 # or Generic Mapping Tools
 # (http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/doc/gmt/html/GMT_Docs/node145.html)
diff --git a/examples/pylab_examples/text_rotation.py b/examples/pylab_examples/text_rotation.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 """
-The way matplotlib does text layout is counter-intuituve to some, so
+The way matplotlib does text layout is counter-intuitive to some, so
 this example is designed to make it a little clearer.  The text is
 aligned by it's bounding box (the rectangular box that surrounds the
 ink rectangle).  The order of operations is basically rotation then
diff --git a/examples/pylab_examples/text_rotation_relative_to_line.py b/examples/pylab_examples/text_rotation_relative_to_line.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 """
 Text objects in matplotlib are normally rotated with respect to the
 screen coordinate system (i.e., 45 degrees rotation plots text along a
-line that is inbetween horizontal and vertical no matter how the axes
+line that is in between horizontal and vertical no matter how the axes
 are changed).  However, at times one wants to rotate text with respect
 to something on the plot.  In this case, the correct angle won't be
 the angle of that object in the plot coordinate system, but the angle
