(mkdir): New defalias.

etc/NEWS

@@ -551,6 +551,8 @@ top line, -1 for bottom line), or nil for no recentering.
 +++
 *** When typing in a password in the echo area, C-y yanks the current
 kill into the password.
+
+*** `mkdir' is a new convenience alias for `make-directory'.
 
 * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 23.1
 

lisp/ChangeLog

+2008-12-29  Dan Nicolaescu  <dann@ics.uci.edu>
+
+	* subr.el (mkdir): New defalias.
+
 2008-12-29  Juri Linkov  <juri@jurta.org>
 	* proced.el (proced-mode-map): Bind " " to next-line instead of the

lisp/subr.el

@@ -1077,6 +1077,7 @@ to reread, so it now uses nil to mean `no event', instead of -1."
 (defalias 'int-to-string 'number-to-string)
 (defalias 'store-match-data 'set-match-data)
 (defalias 'chmod 'set-file-modes)
+(defalias 'mkdir 'make-directory)
 ;; These are the XEmacs names:
 (defalias 'point-at-eol 'line-end-position)
 (defalias 'point-at-bol 'line-beginning-position)