docs: Clarify some FAQs in the Tutorial [skip ci]

Clarifications that were observed to be needed when seeing a user try
the Tutorial for the first time at:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/709237047?t=50m20s
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Nirbheek Chauhan 2020-08-14 09:34:45 +05:30 committed by Xavier Claessens
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@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ project('tutorial', 'c')
executable('demo', 'main.c')
```
That is all. We are now ready to build our application. First we need
That is all. Note that unlike Autotools you [do not need to add any source
headers to the list of sources](FAQ.md#do-i-need-to-add-my-headers-to-the-sources-list-like-in-autotools).
We are now ready to build our application. First we need
to initialize the build by going into the source directory and issuing
the following commands.
@ -118,6 +121,15 @@ gtkdep = dependency('gtk+-3.0')
executable('demo', 'main.c', dependencies : gtkdep)
```
If your app needs to use multiple libraries, you need to use separate
[`dependency()`](Reference-manual.md#dependency) calls for each, like so:
```meson
gtkdeps = [dependency('gtk+-3.0'), dependency('gtksourceview-3.0')]
```
We don't need it for the current example.
Now we are ready to build. The thing to notice is that we do *not*
need to recreate our build directory, run any sort of magical commands
or the like. Instead we just type the exact same command as if we were