Got the installer working. Fixed a few bugs including a nasty-to-debug issue where the lang_id was being hardcoded during installation, resulting in strings being inserted with the wrong lang_id causing an infinfinite loop with fetch() throwing a "no strings" error and using template (which calls fetch()) to complain

tinyMCE.addI18n('en.paste_dlg',{
text_title:"Use CTRL+V on your keyboard to paste the text into the window.",
text_linebreaks:"Keep linebreaks",
word_title:"Use CTRL+V on your keyboard to paste the text into the window."
});