Fix small typos in recent what's new.

QuLogic · QuLogic · commit 5ae1413c2b7e · 2020-06-16T21:34:37.000-04:00
diff --git a/doc/users/prev_whats_new/whats_new_3.0.rst b/doc/users/prev_whats_new/whats_new_3.0.rst
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ The default backend no longer must be set as part of the build
 process.  Instead, at run time, the builtin backends are tried in
 sequence until one of them imports.
 
-Headless linux servers (identified by the DISPLAY env not being defined)
-will not select a GUI backend.
+Headless Linux servers (identified by the DISPLAY environment variable not
+being defined) will not select a GUI backend.
 
 Cyclic colormaps
 ----------------
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ be rotated and the color can be changed. By default the labels and arrows have
 the same color, but the class may also pass arguments for customizing arrow
 and text layout, these are passed to :class:`matplotlib.textpath.TextPath` and
 `matplotlib.patches.FancyArrowPatch`. Location, length and width for both
-arrow tail and head can be adjusted, the the direction arrows and labels can
-have a frame. Padding and separation parameters can be adjusted.
+arrow tail and head can be adjusted, the direction arrows and labels can have a
+frame. Padding and separation parameters can be adjusted.
 
 
 Add ``minorticks_on()/off()`` methods for colorbar
@@ -96,11 +96,11 @@ manually set using `.figure.Figure.canvas.set_window_title()`.
 Legend now has a *title_fontsize* keyword argument (and rcParam)
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
-The title for a `.Figure.legend` and `.Axes.legend` can now have its fontsize
+The title for a `.Figure.legend` and `.Axes.legend` can now have its font size
 set via the *title_fontsize* keyword argument.  There is also a new
 :rc:`legend.title_fontsize`.  Both default to ``None``, which means the legend
-title will have the same fontsize as the axes default fontsize (*not* the
-legend fontsize, set by the *fontsize* keyword argument or
+title will have the same font size as the axes default font size (*not* the
+legend font size, set by the *fontsize* keyword argument or
 :rc:`legend.fontsize`).
 
 
@@ -112,10 +112,10 @@ of the attribute `axes.prop_cycle` with cyclers using the `markevery`
 Line2D object property. An example of this feature is provided at
 :doc:`/gallery/lines_bars_and_markers/markevery_prop_cycle`.
 
-Multipage PDF support for pgf backend
--------------------------------------
+Multi-page PDF support for pgf backend
+--------------------------------------
 
-The pgf backend now also supports multipage PDF files.
+The pgf backend now also supports multi-page PDF files.
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
@@ -227,4 +227,4 @@ Sphinx 1.8 provides by default.  (``:mathmpl:`` uses Matplotlib to render math
 expressions to images embedded in html, whereas Sphinx uses MathJax.)
 
 When using Sphinx<1.8, both names (``:math:`` and ``:mathmpl:``) remain
-available for backcompatibility.
+available for backwards-compatibility.
diff --git a/doc/users/prev_whats_new/whats_new_3.1.0.rst b/doc/users/prev_whats_new/whats_new_3.1.0.rst
@@ -243,11 +243,10 @@ The `.Axis.get_inverted` and `.Axis.set_inverted` methods query and set whether
 the axis uses "inverted" orientation (i.e. increasing to the left for the
 x-axis and to the bottom for the y-axis).
 
-They perform tasks similar to `.Axes.xaxis_inverted`,
-`.Axes.yaxis_inverted`, `.Axes.invert_xaxis`, and
-`.Axes.invert_yaxis`, with the specific difference that
-`.Axes..set_inverted` makes it easier to set the invertedness of an
-axis regardless of whether it had previously been inverted before.
+They perform tasks similar to `.Axes.xaxis_inverted`, `.Axes.yaxis_inverted`,
+`.Axes.invert_xaxis`, and `.Axes.invert_yaxis`, with the specific difference
+that `.Axis.set_inverted` makes it easier to set the inversion of an axis
+regardless of whether it had previously been inverted before.
 
 Adjust default minor tick spacing
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -267,9 +266,9 @@ the ticklabels will be rendered. By default, *useMathText* evaluates to
 If either is `True` then the numbers will be encapsulated by ``$``
 signs.  When using ``TeX`` this implies that the numbers will be shown
 in TeX's math font. When using mathtext, the ``$`` signs around
-numbers will ensure unicode rendering (as implied by mathtext). This
+numbers will ensure Unicode rendering (as implied by mathtext). This
 will make sure that the minus signs in the ticks are rendered as the
-unicode=minus (U+2212) when using mathtext (without relying on the
+Unicode minus (U+2212) when using mathtext (without relying on the
 `~.Formatter.fix_minus` method).
 
 
@@ -309,9 +308,9 @@ caching; thereby, this new argument provides a fix for issue
 Endless Looping GIFs with PillowWriter
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-We acknowledge that most people want to watch a gif more than
-once. Saving an animation as a gif with PillowWriter now produces an
-endless looping gif.
+We acknowledge that most people want to watch a GIF more than
+once. Saving an animation as a GIF with PillowWriter now produces an
+endless looping GIF.
 
 
 Adjusted `.matplotlib.widgets.Slider` to have vertical orientation
diff --git a/doc/users/prev_whats_new/whats_new_3.3.0.rst b/doc/users/prev_whats_new/whats_new_3.3.0.rst
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ Note that they may *not* be used to share axes after any operation (e.g.,
 drawing) has occurred on them.
 
 
-Align labels to axes edges
+Align labels to Axes edges
 --------------------------
 
 `~.axes.Axes.set_xlabel`, `~.axes.Axes.set_ylabel` and `.ColorbarBase.set_label`
@@ -216,15 +216,15 @@ raising the plot window when calling `~.pyplot.show` or `~.pyplot.pause`.
 
 
 
-Imshow now coerces 3D arrays with depth 1 to 2D
-------------------------------------------------
+``imshow`` now coerces 3D arrays with depth 1 to 2D
+---------------------------------------------------
 
 Starting from this version arrays of size MxNx1 will be coerced into MxN
 for displaying. This means commands like ``plt.imshow(np.random.rand(3, 3, 1))``
 will no longer return an error message that the image shape is invalid.
 
 
-``Axes3D`` no longer distorts the 3d plot to match the 2d aspect ratio
+``Axes3D`` no longer distorts the 3D plot to match the 2D aspect ratio
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Plots made with :class:`~mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D` were previously
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ Home/Forward/Backward buttons now work with 3D axes
 
 The *backend* keyword argument to ``savefig`` can now be used to pick the
 rendering backend without having to globally set the backend; e.g. one can save
-pdfs using the pgf backend with ``savefig("file.pdf", backend="pgf")``.
+PDFs using the pgf backend with ``savefig("file.pdf", backend="pgf")``.
 
 
 Offset text is now set to the top when using ``axis.tick_top()``
@@ -415,8 +415,8 @@ Add :rc:`contour.linewidth` to rcParams
 ---------------------------------------
 
 The new config option :rc:`contour.linewidth` allows to control the default
-linewidth of contours as a float. When set to ``None``, the linewidths fall
-back to :rc:`lines.linewidth`. The config value is overidden as usual by the
+line width of contours as a float. When set to ``None``, the line widths fall
+back to :rc:`lines.linewidth`. The config value is overridden as usual by the
 *linewidths* argument passed to `~.axes.Axes.contour` when it is not set to
 ``None``.
 
