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* Fixes #610

* Not force user to install VS Runtime if VS installed

* Fix Visual Studio version solutions

* Remove paste0 ambiguity for paths

* Fix equal missing typo

* Get rid of all trailing slashes

* readme Helper package for R-package installation

* Fix code indentation bug

* Add warning about default compiler in Windows

* Avoid repeat

* Add Rtools requirement

* Wording to promote VS as default choice for user

* Add some stuff for README

* Bump R package version and fix license

* Attempt to add one additional option and refactor

* Add more review fixes for install.libs.R

* Undo ./../../ removal (path breaking)

* Retry again simple /../

* No print, use cat.

* add R's library file to vs project and cmake.

* support using dll built by vs.

* better search for the library file.

* remove mingw related doc .

* update document.

* Let R handle the library compile.

* try fix build from github.

* Update README.md

* cleaner build.

* fix the install problem in linux.

* Update README.md

* fix multi-threading.

* fix name style.

* support in CLI version.

* remove warnings.

* Not default parameters.

* fix if...else... .

* fix bug.

* fix warning.

* refine c_api.

* fix R-package.

* fix R's warning.

* fix tests.

* fix pep8 .

* Fix https://github.com/Microsoft/LightGBM/pull/561

* GitHub local broke, uploading on browser (R-package)

* GitHub local broke, uploading on browser (R-package)

* Add lgb.prepare

* Update roxygen to 6.0.1 and add lgb.prepare

* Add prepared rules.

* Add recommendation when needing rules for transformation.

* Not using temporary files anymore RDS

* Attempt to avoid using a temporary file

* Update to R 3.4 and Performance Note

* Add benchmark docs

* Readme.md does not exist fix

* Update lgb.Booster.R

Added method to call LGBM_BoosterLoadModelFromString_R if model_str is provided for initialization, added option to load from model_str in lgb.load

* Update lightgbm_R.cpp

Adding LGBM_BoosterLoadModelFromString_R

* Update lightgbm_R.cpp

Added LGBM_BoosterSaveModelToString_R

* Update lightgbm_R.cpp

* Update lgb.Booster.R

Added save_model_to_string method

* Update lgb.Booster.R

Implemented @Laurae2 comments

* Update lgb.Booster.R

* Update lightgbm_R.h

Added load and save model from/to string exports

* Add weight adjustment tutorial

* Update 00Index

* update README to reflect changes

* Add linear separation

* User can safely ignore warning message

* Fix some English stuff

* More information for installation on Linux for beginners.

* Add leaf stability example

* 00index leaf stability

* Add leaf stability to README

* Define environment in examples (xgboost clash)

* Large R code changes

* Update lgb.Booster.R

* Add saveRDS (manual)

* Add documentation

* Change arguments passed from debug.

* Add readRDS, change way of saving.

* Change documentation.

* Add better documentation.

* add scripts for build self-contain R-package in windows.

* add unix build.

* Update README.md

* Add multiclass example in R

* Update subsequent files

* Add lgb.Booster parsing function

* Add data.table, magrittr, jsonlite to Imports