--- a/doc/interpreter/container.txi	Fri Aug 09 07:19:02 2002 +0000
+++ b/doc/interpreter/container.txi	Fri Aug 09 07:38:55 2002 +0000
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 @DOCSTRING(splice)
 
-@DOCSTRING(is_list)
+@DOCSTRING(islist)
 
 @node Cell Arrays,  , Lists, Containers
 @section Cell Arrays

--- a/doc/interpreter/func.txi	Fri Aug 09 07:19:02 2002 +0000
+++ b/doc/interpreter/func.txi	Fri Aug 09 07:38:55 2002 +0000
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
 @example
 @group
 function retval = avg (v)
-  if (is_vector (v))
+  if (isvector (v))
     retval = sum (v) / length (v);
   endif
 endfunction
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
 @group
 function retval = avg (v)
   retval = 0;
-  if (is_vector (v))
+  if (isvector (v))
     retval = sum (v) / length (v);
   else
     error ("avg: expecting vector argument");
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
   if (nargin != 1)
     usage ("avg (vector)");
   endif
-  if (is_vector (v))
+  if (isvector (v))
     retval = sum (v) / length (v);
   else
     error ("avg: expecting vector argument");
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@
 @item general
 Miscellaneous matrix manipulations, like @code{flipud}, @code{rot90},
 and @code{triu}, as well as other basic functions, like
-@code{is_matrix}, @code{nargchk}, etc.
+@code{ismatrix}, @code{nargchk}, etc.
 
 @item image
 Image processing tools.  These functions require the X Window System.

--- a/doc/interpreter/numbers.txi	Fri Aug 09 07:19:02 2002 +0000
+++ b/doc/interpreter/numbers.txi	Fri Aug 09 07:38:55 2002 +0000
@@ -388,16 +388,16 @@
 
 @DOCSTRING(isreal)
 
-@DOCSTRING(is_complex)
+@DOCSTRING(iscomplex)
 
-@DOCSTRING(is_matrix)
+@DOCSTRING(ismatrix)
 
-@DOCSTRING(is_vector)
+@DOCSTRING(isvector)
 
-@DOCSTRING(is_scalar)
+@DOCSTRING(isscalar)
 
-@DOCSTRING(is_square)
+@DOCSTRING(issquare)
 
-@DOCSTRING(is_symmetric)
+@DOCSTRING(issymmetric)
 
-@DOCSTRING(is_bool)
+@DOCSTRING(isbool)

--- a/doc/interpreter/stream.txi	Fri Aug 09 07:19:02 2002 +0000
+++ b/doc/interpreter/stream.txi	Fri Aug 09 07:38:55 2002 +0000
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 @node I/O Streams, Variables, Containers, Top
 @chapter I/O Streams
 
-@DOCSTRING(is_stream)
+@DOCSTRING(isstream)

--- a/doc/interpreter/struct.txi	Fri Aug 09 07:19:02 2002 +0000
+++ b/doc/interpreter/struct.txi	Fri Aug 09 07:38:55 2002 +0000
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
 The following functions are available to give you information about
 structures.
 
-@DOCSTRING(is_struct)
+@DOCSTRING(isstruct)
 
 @DOCSTRING(struct_contains)
 

--- a/doc/interpreter/var.txi	Fri Aug 09 07:19:02 2002 +0000
+++ b/doc/interpreter/var.txi	Fri Aug 09 07:38:55 2002 +0000
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 
 @DOCSTRING(default_global_variable_value)
 
-@DOCSTRING(is_global)
+@DOCSTRING(isglobal)
 
 @node Status of Variables, Summary of Built-in Variables, Global Variables, Variables
 @section Status of Variables

--- a/scripts/ChangeLog	Fri Aug 09 07:19:02 2002 +0000
+++ b/scripts/ChangeLog	Fri Aug 09 07:38:55 2002 +0000
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 	* deprecated/is_symmetric.m: New file.
 	* deprecated/is_vector.m: New file.
 
+	* deprecated: New directory.
+	* Makefile.in (SUBDIRS): Add it to the list.
+
 	* general/isscalar.m: Rename from is_scalar.m.
 	* general/issquare.m: Rename from is_square.m.
 	* general/issymmetric.m: Rename from is_symmetric.m.

--- a/scripts/Makefile.in	Fri Aug 09 07:19:02 2002 +0000
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.in	Fri Aug 09 07:38:55 2002 +0000
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@
 	configure mkinstalldirs move-if-change mkdoc gethelp.cc \
 	skip-autoheader DOCSTRINGS
 
-SUBDIRS = audio control elfun finance general image io linear-algebra \
-	miscellaneous plot polynomial quaternion set signal specfun \
-	special-matrix startup statistics strings time
+SUBDIRS = audio control deprecated elfun finance general image io \
+	linear-algebra miscellaneous plot polynomial quaternion \
+	set signal specfun special-matrix startup statistics \
+	strings time
 
 DISTSUBDIRS = $(SUBDIRS)