How to limit the number of products shown with in the new products block? via cms/pages/design/Layout update XML
<block type="catalog/product_new" name="home.catalog.product.new" template="catalog/product/new.phtml" >
<action method="setColumnCount"><count>5</count></action>
<action method="setLimit"><limit>5</limit></action>
</block>
setLimit does not work, nor does
<action method="setDefaultGridPerPage"><limit>5</limit></action>
or:
<action method="setData"><key>limit</key><value>3</value></action>
or:
<action method="setProductLimit"><count>5</count></action>
or:
<action method="setProductsLimit"><count>5</count></action>
or:
<action method="setProductsCount"><count>5</count></action>