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30.2; Cannot narrow news to a specific version more than once.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: tpeplt <at> gmail.com
Cc: 79324-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#79324: 30.2;
 Cannot narrow news to a specific version more than once.
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2025 13:47:28 +0300

> From: tpeplt <at> gmail.com
> Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 14:59:14 -0400
> 
> Emacs Maintainers,
> 
>   In the NEWS file is the instruction:
> 
>   "You can narrow news to a specific version by calling
>    'view-emacs-news' with a prefix argument or by typing 'C-u
>    C-h C-n'."
> 
> It is possible to do this once to narrow to a specific
> version, but once the narrowing has completed, it is not
> possible to use the same command to switch to a different
> version.
> 
> To reproduce:
> 
>   emacs -Q
>   C-h n
>   C-u C-h C-n
>   
> At the "Read NEWS for the version" prompt, enter a version
> or accept the default.  Type C-u C-h C-n again and specify a
> different *minor* version at the prompt (for example, from
> 30.1 to 30.2).  Note that the outlined version does not
> change in the NEWS file.
> 
> This behavior also applies across different *major* versions
> of Emacs.
> 
>    C-h n
>    C-u C-h C-n
>    Read NEWS for the version: 29.2 RET
>    (NEWS for version 29.2 is displayed)
> 
>    C-u C-h C-n
>    Read NEWS for the version: 30.2 RET
>    (NEWS for version 30.1 is still displayed)
> 
>    C-u C-h C-n
>    Read NEWS for the version: 29.1 RET
>    (NEWS for version 29.2 is still displayed)

Thanks, should be fixed now on the master branch.

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