I've just taught of something. If stdragon's solutions doesn't help, try my regsub but dont escape quotes at all... just remove them. (I assume this will not affect functionality, because you never actualy use that sstring for output.)
regsub -all \" $text "" text
Ignorant and lazy people will save 30 minutes by chosing simple config file. Smart ones will save 3000 minutes of *everyone's* time by opting for complete config file.
OK, this is very weird... I realise it shouldn't be line 2, which I got afer a .rehash... so I did a .restart, and it still showed as line 2 (Yes, I'm sure it is the right file)