docs: Emphasize that Rust must be installed via rustup (#24447)

Just tried installing a dev extension and kept getting "error: failed to install dev extension".

Turns out this was because I had rust installed via homebrew and not rust. Once I switched to rustup, it worked perfectly fine.

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@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Extensions can add the following capabilities to Zed:
Before starting to develop an extension for Zed, be sure to [install Rust via rustup](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install).
> Rust must be installed via rustup. If you have Rust installed via homebrew or otherwise, installing dev extensions will not work.
When developing an extension, you can use it in Zed without needing to publish it by installing it as a _dev extension_.
From the extensions page, click the `Install Dev Extension` button and select the directory containing your extension.