Fixes some typos (#1363)

doc/maintenance.md

@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ adjusted upward on every major and minor release, but never on a patch release.
 
 ## Backwards compatibility and deprecation policy
 
-PyGMT is still undergoing rapid developement. All of the API is subject to change
+PyGMT is still undergoing rapid development. All of the API is subject to change
 until the v1.0.0 release.
 
 Basic policy for backwards compatibility:

examples/gallery/embellishments/solar.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ---------------------------------------
 
 Use :meth:`pygmt.Figure.solar` to show the different transition stages between daytime
-and nightime. The parameter ``terminator`` is used to set the twilight stage, and can be
+and nighttime. The parameter ``terminator`` is used to set the twilight stage, and can be
 either 'day-night' (brightest), 'civil', 'nautical', or 'astronomical' (darkest). Refer
 to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight for more information.
 """

examples/tutorials/date_time_charts.py

@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
 # data to the PyGMT figure.
 # Specifically ``x`` contains 7 different :class:`pandas.DatetimeIndex` objects, with the
 # number being manipulated by the ``periods`` parameter. Each period begins at the start
-# of a business quarter as denoted by BQS when passed to the ``periods`` parameter. The inital
+# of a business quarter as denoted by BQS when passed to the ``periods`` parameter. The initial
 # date is the first argument that is passed to :func:`pandas.date_range` and it marks the first
 # data point in the list ``x`` that will be plotted.
 
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
 # -------------------------------
 # In this example, instead of using a :func:`pd.date_range`, ``x`` is initialized
 # as an ``np.array`` object. Similar to :class:`xarray.DataArray` this wraps the
-# dataset before passing it as a paramater. However, ``np.array`` objects use less
+# dataset before passing it as a parameter. However, ``np.array`` objects use less
 # memory and allow developers to specify datatypes.
 
 x = np.array(["2010-06-01", "2011-06-01T12", "2012-01-01T12:34:56"], dtype="datetime64")

examples/tutorials/vectors.py

@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
 # start and end points of the geographic vector.
 # The geographical vector is going from Idaho to
 # Chicago. To style geographic
-# vectors, use ``=`` at the begining of the ``style`` parameter.
+# vectors, use ``=`` at the beginning of the ``style`` parameter.
 # Other styling features such as vector stem thickness and head color
 # can be passed into the ``pen`` and ``color`` parameters.
 #

pygmt/src/histogram.py

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def histogram(self, table, **kwargs):
         Draws a stairs-step diagram which does not include the internal bars
         of the default histogram.
     horizontal : bool
-        Plot the histogram using horizonal bars instead of the
+        Plot the histogram using horizontal bars instead of the
         default vertical bars.
     series : int or str or list
         [*min*\ /*max*\ /]\ *inc*\ [**+n**\ ].