PineCoders Squawk Box

🛠 #fix You can now update your scripts without risking a conversion to an idea.

❗️WARNING There is currently a problem on the platform where script updates sometimes cause the publication to become an idea, rendering the publication useless. Until TradingView resolves the problem, it will be safest to avoid updating your script publications for the time being. We will keep you updated on the issue. Apologies for the inconvenience.

🔈 #news See our awards for the best scripts from our 2023 Editors' Picks: https://www.tradingview.com/chart/SPY/Z90fypln-Best-Editors-Picks-of-2023/

🔈 #news Meet our new Pine Wizards.

🌲 #newfeature The Pine Editor now helps you track unsaved changes to your code: https://www.tradingview.com/blog/en/track-unsaved-changes-in-the-pine-editor-42549/

🌲 #newfeature The plot*() functions have two new parameters, format and precision, which allow you to selectively control how they display values in the chart pane’s y-axis, the script’s status line, and the Data Window: https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-docs/en/v5/Release_notes.html#december-2023

🔈 #news A new User Manual page on request.*() functions was rolled out: https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-docs/en/v5/concepts/Other_timeframes_and_data.html#

🔈 #news You sometimes ask us who PineCoders are. We tried to explain things in here.

🔈 #news The winners of Pinefest #1 are out. Warm thanks to all participants.

🌲 #newfeature Draw irregular shapes with the new polyline drawings: https://www.tradingview.com/blog/en/pine-script-polyline-drawings-41467/

🔈 #news Pinefest #1 is out! You have one week to submit an entry to our Pine Script® programming contest. The winner will receive 500 USD. https://www.tradingview.com/chart/SPY/ZTjv3sPV-Pinefest-1/

🌲 #newfeature Use external EOD data from a GitHub repo in your scripts with our new Pine Seeds and `request.seed()`: https://github.com/tradingview-pine-seeds/docs

🔈 #news Read about our new Pinefests and how you could win 500 USD: https://www.tradingview.com/blog/en/tradingview-pinefests-2023-40832/

🌲 #newfeature An ignore_invalid_timeframe parameter was added to request.security_lower_tf(). It provides more control over the runtime errors generated by scripts using the function: https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v5/#fun_request.security_lower_tf

🌲 #newfeature The syntax of Pine Script® code blocks in chats and published script descriptions is now highlighted.

🌲 #newfeature Access future dividend information with three new variables: dividends.future_amount, dividends.future_ex_date and dividends.future_pay_date.

🌲 #newfeature ticker.inherit() now allows you to transport symbol modifiers from one symbol to another when creating tickers for request.*() functions, including previously inaccessible modifiers such as back-adjustment: https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-reference/v5/#fun_ticker%7Bdot%7Dinherit

🌲 #newfeature A new timeframe.from_seconds() function makes it easier to manipulate timeframes when used in conjunction with the existing timeframe.in_seconds(). See the code example in the new function's entry in the Reference Manual.

🔈 #news The z-index of visual elements has changed. Among the changes, fills now appear behind plots and hlines: https://www.tradingview.com/pine-script-docs/en/v5/concepts/Colors.html#z-index

🌲 #newfeature Consider using the new Pine Script® maps when you need efficient lookup tables in scripts: https://www.tradingview.com/blog/en/pine-script-now-features-maps-40538/