okay, i was doing the editing in notepad, which probally was my first mistake. lines going everywhere without real seperation, very messy. so, i found a freeware text editor that does do the numbering and will compare two files and point out the differences.
first off i've got lines 55-57 from an untouched, freshly unzipped install.php file
(55) $DEFVALUES['dailyquote_settings'] = "INSERT INTO {$DQ_TABLES['dailyquote_settings']} VALUES (10, 50, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 2, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, '', 0, '', 0)";
(56) $DEFVALUES['dailyquote_phpblock'] = "INSERT INTO {$_TABLES['blocks']} VALUES ('', 0, 'dailyquote', 'phpblock', 'Quote of the Day', 'all', 255, '', '', '', 0, 'phpblock_random_quote', '', 4, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2)";
(57) $DEFVALUES['dqmenu_phpblock'] = "INSERT INTO {$_TABLES['blocks']} VALUES ('', 0, 'dqmenu', 'phpblock', 'DailyQuote', '', 10, '', '', '', 1, 'phpblock_dqmenu', '', 4, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2)";
and this is how i butchered it
(55) $DEFVALUES['dailyquote_settings'] = "INSERT INTO {$DQ_TABLES['dailyquote_settings']} VALUES (10, 50, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 2, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, '', 0, '', 0)";
(56) $DEFVALUES['dailyquote_phpblock'] = "INSERT INTO {$_TABLES['blocks']} SET is_enabled='0', name='dailyquote', type='phpblock', title='Quote of the Day', tid='all', blockorder='255', phpblockfn='phpblock_random_quote'";', 'all', 255, '', '', '', 0, 'phpblock_random_quote', '', 4, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2)";$DEFVALUES['dqmenu_phpblock'] = "INSERT INTO {$_TABLES['blocks']} SET is_enabled='0', name='dqmenu', type='phpblock', name='DailyQuote', blockorder='10', onleft='1', phpblockfn='phpblock_dqmenu'" '', 4, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2)";
(57)
it looks to my untrained eye that line 57 somehow joined line 56... your thoughts?
hmm.. i think these quote boxes are all messed up due to my use of firefox, sorry about that...