--- a/web/formfields.py	Wed Aug 05 08:40:20 2009 +0200
+++ b/web/formfields.py	Wed Aug 05 09:05:40 2009 +0200
@@ -425,17 +425,6 @@
     widget = TextInput
 
 
-class HiddenInitialValueField(Field):
-    def __init__(self, visible_field):
-        name = 'edit%s-%s' % (visible_field.role[0], visible_field.name)
-        super(HiddenInitialValueField, self).__init__(
-            name=name, widget=HiddenInput, eidparam=True)
-        self.visible_field = visible_field
-
-    def format_single_value(self, req, value):
-        return self.visible_field.format_single_value(req, value)
-
-
 class RelationField(Field):
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         kwargs.setdefault('sort', False)

--- a/web/views/editcontroller.py	Wed Aug 05 08:40:20 2009 +0200
+++ b/web/views/editcontroller.py	Wed Aug 05 09:05:40 2009 +0200
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@
                 self.handle_relation(rschema, formparams, x, entity, True)
 
         # XXX this processes *all* pending operations of *all* entities
-        if form.has_key('__delete'):
-            todelete += req.list_form_param('__delete', form, pop=True)
+        if req.form.has_key('__delete'):
+            todelete += req.list_form_param('__delete', req.form, pop=True)
         if todelete:
             self.delete_relations(parse_relations_descr(todelete))
         if form.has_key('__insert'):

--- a/web/views/editforms.py	Wed Aug 05 08:40:20 2009 +0200
+++ b/web/views/editforms.py	Wed Aug 05 09:05:40 2009 +0200
@@ -481,12 +481,6 @@
 
     def add_hiddens(self, form, entity, peid, rtype, role):
         # to ease overriding (see cubes.vcsfile.views.forms for instance)
-        if self.keep_entity(form, entity, peid, rtype):
-            if entity.has_eid():
-                rval = entity.eid
-            else:
-                rval = INTERNAL_FIELD_VALUE
-            form.form_add_hidden('edit%s-%s:%s' % (role[0], rtype, peid), rval)
         form.form_add_hidden(name='%s:%s' % (rtype, peid), value=entity.eid,
                              id='rel-%s-%s-%s'  % (peid, rtype, entity.eid))
 

--- a/web/views/formrenderers.py	Wed Aug 05 08:40:20 2009 +0200
+++ b/web/views/formrenderers.py	Wed Aug 05 09:05:40 2009 +0200
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 from cubicweb.web import eid_param
 from cubicweb.web import formwidgets as fwdgs
 from cubicweb.web.widgets import checkbox
-from cubicweb.web.formfields import HiddenInitialValueField
 
 
 class FormRenderer(AppObject):
@@ -160,8 +159,6 @@
         return tag + '>'
 
     def display_field(self, form, field):
-        if isinstance(field, HiddenInitialValueField):
-            field = field.visible_field
         return (self.display_fields is None
                 or field.name in form.internal_fields
                 or (field.name, field.role) in self.display_fields
@@ -249,8 +246,6 @@
 
     def display_field(self, form, field):
         if not super(EntityBaseFormRenderer, self).display_field(form, field):
-            if isinstance(field, HiddenInitialValueField):
-                field = field.visible_field
             ismeta = form.edited_entity.e_schema.is_metadata(field.name)
             return ismeta is not None and (
                 ismeta[0] in self.display_fields or

--- a/web/views/forms.py	Wed Aug 05 08:40:20 2009 +0200
+++ b/web/views/forms.py	Wed Aug 05 09:05:40 2009 +0200
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@
         """return field's *typed* value
 
         overriden to deal with
-        * special eid / __type / edits- / edito- fields
+        * special eid / __type
         * lookup for values on edited entities
         """
         attr = field.name
@@ -403,14 +403,6 @@
             return entity.eid
         if not field.eidparam:
             return super(EntityFieldsForm, self).form_field_value(field, load_bytes)
-        if attr.startswith('edits-') or attr.startswith('edito-'):
-            # edit[s|o]- fieds must have the actual value stored on the entity
-            assert hasattr(field, 'visible_field')
-            vfield = field.visible_field
-            assert vfield.eidparam
-            if entity.has_eid():
-                return self.form_field_value(vfield)
-            return INTERNAL_FIELD_VALUE
         if attr == '__type':
             return entity.id
         if self.schema.rschema(attr).is_final():