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Fix some inaccurate information in docs

* fix travisCI warning

* fix typos

* update config.h

* reorganized CI files

* merged scripts into one

* refined macos tests

* hotfix

* use the same naming for env variables

* refined Travis tests

* refined VSTS Linux part

* cleanup

* added possibility to test Clang at VSTS

* simplified cp command

* refined Appveyor

* run all tests at Appveyor

* refined VSTS Windows part

* return back old MinGW version

* fixed weird MinGW bug

* don't test Python 3.7 at Windows

* disable tree rendering at Appveyor

* give names to scripts in VSTS Windows and artifacts parts

* warning on categorical feature with sparse values

* [docs] categorical features note

* fix RF's bug withMAPE

* simplify rf's code & support multi-class rf

* fix bug & add test

* add more tests

* Update test_engine.py

* Update test_engine.py

* renamed functions

* updated find_lib function

* [R-package] removed horizontal whitespace (fixes #1642)

* [R-package] fixed missing newline in test file

* Fix CI (#1652)

* Update .travis.yml

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* only tags for build

* Update .vsts-ci.yml

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* pass params to predictor

* hotfix

* added test for pandas label of Dataset

* fix when label type is pandas DataFrame; document possible pandas Series type

* added links to corresponding params in Quick-Start guide

* updated description of possible input types in python

* clarify list of numpy arrays input type in docs

* fix ndcg group

* fix ndcg

* pass params to _InnerPredictor in train and cv

* fixed verbosity param description

* treat silent param as Fatal log level

* create Dataset in refit method silently

* do not overwrite verbose param by silent argument

* Help fixing #1540

* Handle character matrix corner case

* Update with recommendation in #1638

* Update README.md

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* Update Installation-Guide.rst

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* use kwargs in tree plotting functions

* relaxed version

* added possibility to predict numpy array with nrow > max_int32

* save memory more efficient

* better variable name

* added possibility to predict scipy.sparse.csr matrix with nrow > max_int32

* added possibility to predict scipy.sparse.csc matrix with nrow > max_int32

* reworked numpy array case

* Fixed typos in docs

* Fixed inconsistencies in documentation

* Updated strategy for registering routines

* Fixed issues caused by smashing multiple functions into one Rd

* Fixed issues with documentation

* Removed VignetteBuilder and updated Rbuildignore

* Added R build artefacts to gitignore

* Added namespacing on data.table set function. Updated handling of CMakeLists file to get around CRAN check.

* Updated build instructions

* Added R build script

* Removed build_r.sh script and updated R-package install instructions