--- a/dwt/dwthelper/utils.d	Wed Jun 03 00:36:31 2009 +0200
+++ b/dwt/dwthelper/utils.d	Thu Jun 04 23:23:10 2009 +0200
@@ -555,6 +555,14 @@
     return cont.dup;
 }
 
+wchar[] new_String( wchar[] cont, int offset, int len ){
+    return cont[ offset .. offset+len ].dup;
+}
+
+wchar[] new_String (wchar[] cont){
+    return cont.dup;
+}
+
 public String toUpperCase( String str ){
     return tango.text.Unicode.toUpper( str );
 }
@@ -638,6 +646,18 @@
     return toString16( str );
 }
 
+public String fromString16( wchar[] str ){
+    return toString( str );
+}
+
+public char toChar(wchar c){
+    return [c].toString()[0];
+}
+
+public wchar toWChar(char c){
+    return [c].toString16()[0];
+}
+
 public bool endsWith( String src, String pattern ){
     if( src.length < pattern.length ){
         return false;
@@ -649,6 +669,10 @@
     return src == other;
 }
 
+public bool equals( wchar[] src, wchar[] other ){
+    return src == other;
+}
+
 public bool equalsIgnoreCase( String src, String other ){
     return tango.text.Unicode.toFold(src) == tango.text.Unicode.toFold(other);
 }