diff -r dc319ece0bd6 -r cc3987eb793c web/data/cubicweb.ajax.js
--- a/web/data/cubicweb.ajax.js	Mon May 16 16:24:00 2011 +0200
+++ b/web/data/cubicweb.ajax.js	Wed Jul 20 18:21:47 2011 +0200
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* copyright 2003-2010 LOGILAB S.A. (Paris, FRANCE), all rights reserved.
+/* copyright 2003-2011 LOGILAB S.A. (Paris, FRANCE), all rights reserved.
  * contact http://www.logilab.fr/ -- mailto:contact@logilab.fr
  *
  * This file is part of CubicWeb.
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * .. function:: loadxhtml(url, form, reqtype='get', mode='replace', cursor=true)
+ * .. function:: loadxhtml(url, form, reqtype='get', mode='replace', cursor=false)
  *
  * build url given by absolute or relative `url` and `form` parameters
  * (dictionary), fetch it using `reqtype` method, then evaluate the
@@ -231,7 +231,9 @@
  */
 jQuery.fn.loadxhtml = function(url, form, reqtype, mode, cursor) {
     if (this.size() > 1) {
-        cw.log('loadxhtml was called with more than one element');
+        cw.log('loadxhtml called with more than one element');
+    } else if (this.size() < 1) {
+        cw.log('loadxhtml called without an element');
     }
     var callback = null;
     if (form && form.callback) {
@@ -605,7 +607,7 @@
     var ajaxArgs = ['render', formparams, registry, compid];
     ajaxArgs = ajaxArgs.concat(cw.utils.sliceList(arguments, 4));
     var params = ajaxFuncArgs.apply(null, ajaxArgs);
-    $('#'+domid).loadxhtml('json', params, null, 'swap');
+    return $('#'+domid).loadxhtml('json', params, null, 'swap');
 }
 
 /* ajax tabs ******************************************************************/
@@ -700,43 +702,37 @@
     }
 );
 
-remoteExec = cw.utils.deprecatedFunction(
-    '[3.9] remoteExec() is deprecated, use loadRemote instead',
-    function(fname /* ... */) {
-        setProgressCursor();
-        var props = {
-            fname: fname,
-            pageid: pageid,
-            arg: $.map(cw.utils.sliceList(arguments, 1), jQuery.toJSON)
-        };
-        var result = jQuery.ajax({
-            url: JSON_BASE_URL,
-            data: props,
-            async: false,
-            traditional: true
-        }).responseText;
-        if (result) {
-            result = cw.evalJSON(result);
-        }
-        resetCursor();
-        return result;
+function remoteExec(fname /* ... */) {
+    setProgressCursor();
+    var props = {
+        fname: fname,
+        pageid: pageid,
+        arg: $.map(cw.utils.sliceList(arguments, 1), jQuery.toJSON)
+    };
+    var result = jQuery.ajax({
+        url: JSON_BASE_URL,
+        data: props,
+        async: false,
+        traditional: true
+    }).responseText;
+    if (result) {
+        result = cw.evalJSON(result);
     }
-);
+    resetCursor();
+    return result;
+}
 
-asyncRemoteExec = cw.utils.deprecatedFunction(
-    '[3.9] asyncRemoteExec() is deprecated, use loadRemote instead',
-    function(fname /* ... */) {
-        setProgressCursor();
-        var props = {
-            fname: fname,
-            pageid: pageid,
-            arg: $.map(cw.utils.sliceList(arguments, 1), jQuery.toJSON)
-        };
-        // XXX we should inline the content of loadRemote here
-        var deferred = loadRemote(JSON_BASE_URL, props, 'POST');
-        deferred = deferred.addErrback(remoteCallFailed);
-        deferred = deferred.addErrback(resetCursor);
-        deferred = deferred.addCallback(resetCursor);
-        return deferred;
-    }
-);
+function asyncRemoteExec(fname /* ... */) {
+    setProgressCursor();
+    var props = {
+        fname: fname,
+        pageid: pageid,
+        arg: $.map(cw.utils.sliceList(arguments, 1), jQuery.toJSON)
+    };
+    // XXX we should inline the content of loadRemote here
+    var deferred = loadRemote(JSON_BASE_URL, props, 'POST');
+    deferred = deferred.addErrback(remoteCallFailed);
+    deferred = deferred.addErrback(resetCursor);
+    deferred = deferred.addCallback(resetCursor);
+    return deferred;
+}