ESWN: Add common options to PyGMT functions and methods

[maxrjones]

Description of the desired feature

There are some common options from GMT that are missing from the corresponding PyGMT functions and methods. This issue tracks adding the common options to the following methods:

• pygmt.Figure.contour @michaelgrund (Add missing common options to contour #1446)
  • U - timestamp
  • b - binary
  • d - nodata
  • e - find
  • f - coltypes
  • h - header
• pygmt.Figure.grdview @arleaman (Add missing alias to pygmt.Figure.grdview #1450)
  • n - interpolation
• pygmt.Figure.histogram @BeckySalvage (Add missing aliases to pygmt.Figure.histogram #1451)
  • b - binary
  • d - nodata
  • e - find
  • g - gap
  • h - header
  • w - wrap
• pygmt.Figure.image @daroari (Add missing aliases to pygmt.Figure.image.py #1449)
  • U - timestamp
• pymgt.Figure.legend @obaney (Add missing alias to pygmt.Figure.legend #1453)
  • U - timestamp
• pygmt.Figure.plot @michaelgrund (Add missing aliases to pygmt.Figure.plot #1502)
  • b - binary
  • d - nodata
  • e - find
  • g - gap
  • h - header
  • w - wrap
• pygmt.Figure.plot3d @michaelgrund (Add missing aliases to pygmt.Figure.plot3d #1503)
  • b - binary
  • d - nodata
  • e - find
  • f - coltypes
  • g - gap
  • h - header
  • w - wrap
• pygmt.Figure.rose @srijac (Add missing aliases to pygmt.Figure.rose #1452)
  • b - binary
  • d - nodata
  • e - find
  • g - gap
  • h - header
  • w - wrap
• pygmt.Figure.text @meghanrjones (Add missing aliases to pygmt.Figure.text #1448)
  • U - timestamp
  • a - aspatial
  • e - find
  • h - header
  • w - wrap
• pygmt.Figure.velo @michaelgrund (Add missing aliases to pygmt.Figure.velo #1497 )
  • d - nodata
  • e - find
  • h - header
  • i - incols
• pymgt.Figure.wiggle @michaelgrund (Add missing aliases to pygmt.Figure.wiggle #1498)
  • f - coltypes
  • t - transparency
  • w - wrap
• pygmt.grdtrack @michaelgrund (Add missing aliases to pygmt.grdtrack #1499)
  • b - binary
  • d - nodata
  • e - find
  • g - gap
  • h - header
  • o - outcols
  • s - skiprows
  • w - wrap
• pygmt.blockmean and pygmt.Figure.blockmedian @michaelgrund (Add missing aliases to pygmt.blockmean and pygmt.blockmedian #1500)
  • d - nodata
  • e - find
  • h - header
• pygmt.surface @michaelgrund (Add missing aliases to pygmt.surface #1501)
  • b - binary
  • d - nodata
  • e - find
  • h - header
  • i - incols
  • s - skiprows

Are you willing to help implement and maintain this feature? Glad to help people with PRs!

[maxrjones]

@michaelgrund, thanks for submitting the PR! I'm going to guide the participants in the ESWN workshop tomorrow through the remainder of the tasks (i.e. adding the other common options), and it will be helpful for them to use your PR as an example!

[michaelgrund]

Great idea @meghanrjones 👍.

[maxrjones]

@michaelgrund FYI I just unassigned plot/plot3d from the workshop list if you want to wrap this issue up (no pressure though).

[maxrjones]

I forgot to include instructions for updating the kwargs_to_strings with the addition of g and o. I will submit a single PR fixing this, which should be the end of this issue.