# Usage $ mdp --help usage: mdp [-h] [-v] [--update-csl] optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -v, --verbose Set verbosity level (repeat argument) --update-csl Update CSL files ## Running the application Assuming you're in a directory with a valid `mdp.yml` file, simply run `mdp` to build your files to the output directory! ## Downloading CSL Files In order to use referencing properly, `csl` files need to be downloaded. These tell `md-pdf` what style of referencing you're using, and how to output the bibliography. To download these, simply run: mdp --update-csl This will download the `csl` files into the install directory of the application. It only needs to be run once, however can be run whenever to update the definitions from [here](https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles/). ## Verbosity By default, when building, the application doesn't output anything to the console. It simply runs, and terminates when it's finished. Obviously errors are still reported. To increase the verbosity level, simply add the `-v` argument when running the application. This can be chained a maximum of 3 times (`-vvv`), subsequent repetition will be ignored.