Fix spelling errors

AUTHORS.rst

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Authors
 Maintainer(s)
 -------------
 
-These people were/are mainteiners of this project.
+These people were/are maintainers of this project.
 
 -  2013-current `Colin Duquesnoy <https://github.com/ColinDuquesnoy>`__ - colin.duquesnoy@gmail.com - original author.
 

CHANGES.rst

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Changelog
     - Update description to inform about Python 2 and Qt4 unsupported versions
     - Add missing examples #251
 - 3.0.1:
-    - Enhancement of state of active/non active items in views #209
+    - Enhancement of state of active/non-active items in views #209
     - Update manifest to include UI files
 - **3.0.0**:
     - New structure to create different palettes #268, #164
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Changelog
     - Python 2.7 compatibility, #121
     - Fix MANIFEST
 - 2.6.3:
-    - Palette color enhance, better contrast, contribute to #118
+    - Palette color enhances, better contrast, contribute to #118
     - Fixes Qslider background
     - Better colors and format for tab and toolbox, contribute to #118
 - 2.6.2:
@@ -113,25 +113,25 @@ Changelog
     - Fix slider disabled and enhance size
     - Fix the wrong upload of style.qss - sorry
     - Fix almost all widgets backgrounds and other not previously covered widgets with new style
-    - New palette color, almost whole new qss file, simplify configuration, partially #112, #101, #109,
+    - New palette color, almost whole new qss file, simplifies configuration, partially #112, #101, #109,
     - Add changes made by other people in the new style - merge does not work there #93, #92, #102
     - Update README with Qt.py and PySide 2 information #110, #107, #83
     - Update **init** info
     - Improve scripts for processing ui and qrc
-    - Add **main** and setup entry, to access function directly
+    - Add **main** and setup entry, to access the function directly
     - Add function to get information about bindings and abstraction layers for debugging and/or issue tracker
     - PySide 2 support
     - Improve menu indicator position on QPushButton, #102
 - 2.5.4
     - Fix indicator image of checkable QGroupBox for a check/uncheck states, #93
-    - Fix wrong comma position, #95
+    - Fix the wrong comma position, #95
     - Added image for the missing QTreeView/QListView undetermined state, fix #92
 - 2.5.3
     - Add future warning and pending deprecation for 3.0 version preparation #89
     - Add ISSUE\_TEMPLATE to ask for default information on the issue tracker
 - 2.5.2:
     - Modularize files from example/ui to simplify edition (developers)
-    - Add scripts to process files and run example more easily (developers)
+    - Add scripts to process files and run examples more easily (developers)
     - Better documentation (developers)
     - Add CONTRIBUTE, CODE\_OF\_CONDUCT, and PRODUCTION files
     - Lint markdown to standardize files
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ Changelog
     - Add new screenshots for new example
     - Update Travis files
     - Add support to the example of QtPy and PyQtGraph
-    - Move scripts for compiling to scrip folder
+    - Move scripts for compiling to script folder
     - Update README, CHANGES
 - 2.4:
     - Add function to get Qt information from environment variable #69, #70, #73
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ Changelog
 - 2.3.1:
     - Improve checkbox color (use accent color used in other widgets) and
     darken view hover/selected colors to play nicer with other widget colors
-    - Shift to the right the first tab
+    - Shift to the right of the first tab
     - Update license year
     - Update README (fix snapshots links and formatting)
     - Removed QLineEdit top/bottom padding which cut off a text while editing QListView items
@@ -201,15 +201,15 @@ Changelog
     - Add support for QToolBox
     - Fix issue with grid line in QTableView if there is only ONE row/column
 - 1.7:
-    - Fix appearance of bottom tab bars (invert gradient)
+    - Fix the appearance of bottom tab bars (invert gradient)
     - Improve QTableView: add grid line and fix section borders
     - Fix bug #7: bug when resizing QTableView
-    - Fix bug #8: text validation no working on QDockWidget
+    - Fix bug #8: text validation not working on QDockWidget
 - 1.6:
     - Improve QToolButton style
     - Add support for InstantPopup and MenuButtonPopup
     - Improve QMenu style (better spacing with icons)
-    - Add \_\_version\_\_ to python package.
+    - Add \_\_version\_\_ to Python package.
 - 1.5:
     - Improve QTabBar style: now works with all tab bar positions (North, South, West and East)
     - Fix bug #6: hide QTabBar base to avoid strange lines at the base of the tab bar.

CONTRIBUTING.rst

@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ by one of the maintainers before it is merged into the main repository.
    repository <https://github.com/ColinDuquesnoy/QDarkStyleSheet>`__ on
    GitHub to start making your changes to the develop branch.
 
--  Write a test which shows that the bug was fixed or that the feature
-   works as expected if its a function, or create a screenshot if you
+-  Write a test that shows that the bug was fixed or that the feature
+   works as expected, or create a screenshot if you
    are changing the stylesheet evidencing the changes.
 
 -  Send a pull request and bug the maintainer until it gets merged and
@@ -85,13 +85,13 @@ These are the basic steps needed to start developing on QDarkStyle.
 
       git checkout -b feature-xyz
 
--  Hands on
+-  Hands-on
 
    For tips on working with the code, see the Code Guide.
 
 -  Test, test, test
 
-   Testing is best done through ``tox``, which provides a number of
+   Testing is best done through ``tox``, which provides several
    targets and allows testing against multiple different Python
    environments:
 
@@ -139,18 +139,18 @@ These are the basic steps needed to start developing on QDarkStyle.
 Logging
 -------
 
-Inside modules we provided a logging that should be used to inform the
+Inside modules, we provided logging that should be used to inform the
 user. Please, follow the levels below.
 
--  debug: for debug information, high detailed one, directed to
+-  debug: for debug information, a highly detailed one, directed to
    programmers;
 
--  info: something important for common user to know;
+-  info: something important for a common user to know;
 
 -  warning: something that should not be a big problem or a decision
    changed;
 
--  error: some error, but not capable of stop program;
+-  error: some error, but not capable of stopping program;
 
 -  critical: something that could stop the running program.
 
@@ -162,11 +162,11 @@ instructions to others. We use the reStructured text format (rst) for
 all docs.
 
 All new functions, classes, files, must be documented with all
-arguments, returns, exceptions. Without this it should not pass the
+arguments, returns, exceptions. Without this, it should not pass the
 tests.
 
-The better example is to see the current files to get the style. We are
-using the Google Format and Sphinx for generating the docs.
+A better example is to see the current files to get the style. We are
+using Google Format and Sphinx for generating the docs.
 
 Guide to QDarkStyle
 -------------------
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ Structure of the Example
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Now you can use our example to work on the stylesheet. It has all
-possible widget provided by Qt - common ones. Feel free to add more to
+possible widgets provided by Qt - common ones. Feel free to add more to
 them.
 
 To simplify the structure, there are separated files in
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ folder.
 -  ``dw_widgets.ui``: all types of widgets;
 -  ``mw_menus.ui``: main window with all menus and toolbars.
 
-*Note*: ``dw`` stands for dock widget and ``mw`` for main window.
+*Note*: ``dw`` stands for dock widget and ``mw`` for the main window.
 
 The entire example is built at runtime, in
 `qdarkstyle.example <https://github.com/ColinDuquesnoy/QDarkStyleSheet/blob/master/qdarkstyle/example/__main__.py>`__.
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ things, use the script
 
    python scripts/run_ui_css_edition.py
 
-This creates a loop that restarts the application, process ui and css
+This creates a loop that restarts the application, processes ui and css
 files.
 
 For more information about those scripts, see their documentation.
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ Qt, Stylesheets, Palettes and Icons
 -  `QMainWindow <http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qmainwindow.html>`__
 -  `References <http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/stylesheet.html>`__
 
-Create good palettes with these tools. For example, on paletton, choose
+Create good palettes with these tools. For example, on Paletton, choose
 three colors from grayish light (foreground), grayish dark (background)
 and three more colorful colors (selection). Grayish colors have a little
 bit of the main color, so it is nice to change it if you change the main
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ Main characteristics of SVG images are:
 -  Names: from basic form to specific, so they keep grouped. Ex.:
    arrow\_left, arrow\_up.
 
-Some example are given below for the horizontal Handle, Minimize, and
+Some examples are given below for the horizontal Handle, Minimize, and
 checked Checkbox.
 
 .. raw:: html
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ fixing something related to those functions (not style), that you
 provide a test for it.
 
 If you are fixing something about style, please, at least, provide an
-screenshot before and after the fix to comparison. This could be
+screenshot before and after the fix for comparison. This could be
 inserted in the issue tracker, as a message. Better than that, use
 modules provided in test folder to create a GUI test, creating a new
 file for it.
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ If You Are a Maintainer, Go Ahead to Production
 ----------------------------------------------
 
 Of course, until you start these steps, make sure the package have
-passed all tests and checkers before continue. You must have accounts to
+passed all tests and checkers before continuing. You must have accounts to
 both test and official PyPI website below along with be inserted as a
 maintainer in both.
 

README.rst

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ We still preparing the portability to Qt6 since we need changes in
 `QtPy <https://github.com/spyder-ide/qtpy>`__ dependency project.
 
 [*] Python 2, as well as Qt4 (PyQt4 and PySide), will not be supported anymore.
-They still there as it is, but no back-compatibility, fixes, nor features
+They are still there as it is, but no back compatibility, fixes, nor features
 will be implemented.
 
 Version 2
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ Usage of example/portfolio
 
 
 There is an example included in the package. You only need to have PySide2 or
-PyQt5 installed on your system.
+PyQt5 is installed on your system.
 
 .. code:: bash