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[Doc] Fix spelling and grammar in tutorials
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‎tutorials/advanced/blitting.py

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.. warning::
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This code does not work with the OSX backend (but does work with other
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GUI backends on Mac).
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Minimal example
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# pixels changes (due to either the size or dpi of the figure
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# changing) , the background will be invalid and result in incorrect
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# (but sometimes cool looking!) images. There is also a global
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# variable and a fair amount of boilerplate which suggests we should
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canvas which have the `~FigureCanvasAgg.copy_from_bbox` and
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‎tutorials/advanced/path_tutorial.py

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the :class:`~matplotlib.path.Path`, which supports the standard set of
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moveto, lineto, curveto commands to draw simple and compound outlines
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with a (N, 2) array of (x, y) vertices, and an N-length array of path
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codes. For example to draw the unit rectangle from (0, 0) to (1, 1), we
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could use this code:
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# ``left``, ``bottom``, etc., arrays below is ``len(n)``, where ``n`` is
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# nverts = nrects*(1+3+1)

‎tutorials/advanced/transforms_tutorial.py

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system, and the *display* coordinate system. In 95% of your plotting, you
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these objects, so you can reuse the existing transformations Matplotlib makes
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available to you, or create your own (see :mod:`matplotlib.transforms`). The
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table below summarizes some useful coordinate systems, a description of each
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Note that specifying the position of Artists in *display* coordinates may
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change their relative location if the ``dpi`` or size of the figure changes.
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This can cause confusion when printing or changing screen resolution, because
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the object can change location and size. Therefore, it is most common for
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artists placed in an Axes or figure to have their transform set to something
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# coordinates is extremely useful, for example to create a horizontal
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‎tutorials/colors/colormapnorms.py

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X, Y = np.mgrid[-3:3:complex(0, N), -2:2:complex(0, N)]
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‎tutorials/colors/colormaps.py

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‎tutorials/intermediate/arranging_axes.py

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‎tutorials/intermediate/artists.py

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‎tutorials/intermediate/constrainedlayout_guide.py

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‎tutorials/intermediate/tight_layout_guide.py

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‎tutorials/introductory/lifecycle.py

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‎tutorials/introductory/pyplot.py

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‎tutorials/introductory/quick_start.py

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