--- a/dwt/widgets/Link.d	Tue Feb 12 02:21:26 2008 +0100
+++ b/dwt/widgets/Link.d	Tue Feb 12 02:23:29 2008 +0100
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
         auto hDC = OS.GetDC (handle);
         auto newFont = cast(HFONT) OS.SendMessage (handle, OS.WM_GETFONT, 0, 0);
         auto oldFont = OS.SelectObject (hDC, newFont);
-        TCHAR[] buffer = StrToTCHARs (/+getCodePage (),+/ parse (text));
+        TCHAR[] buffer = StrToTCHARs (getCodePage (), parse (text));
         RECT rect;
         int flags = OS.DT_CALCRECT | OS.DT_NOPREFIX;
         if (wHint !is DWT.DEFAULT) {
@@ -410,8 +410,24 @@
     string.getChars (0, string.length, buffer, 0);
     int index = 0, state = 0, linkIndex = 0;
     int start = 0, tagStart = 0, linkStart = 0, endtagStart = 0, refStart = 0;
+
     while (index < length_) {
-        char c = CharacterToLower (buffer [index]);
+
+        // instead Character.toLower
+        // only needed for the control symbols, which are always ascii
+        char c = buffer[index];
+        if( c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z' ){
+            c -= ( 'A' - 'a' );
+        }
+
+        // only simple ascii whitespace needed
+        bool isWhitespace(char w ){
+            switch(w){
+                case ' ': return true;
+                default : return false;
+            }
+        }
+
         switch (state) {
             case 0:
                 if (c is '<') {
@@ -432,7 +448,7 @@
                         state++;
                         break;
                     default:
-                        if (CharacterIsWhitespace(c)) break;
+                        if (isWhitespace(c)) break;
                         else state = 13;
                 }
                 break;
@@ -491,7 +507,7 @@
                 }
                 break;
             case 13:
-                if (CharacterIsWhitespace (c)) {
+                if (isWhitespace (c)) {
                     state = 0;
                 } else if (c is '='){
                     state++;
@@ -624,7 +640,7 @@
         * text to a space instead.
         */
         if (string.length is 0) string = " ";  //$NON-NLS-1$
-        TCHAR* buffer = StrToTCHARz (/+getCodePage (),+/ string);
+        TCHAR* buffer = StrToTCHARz (getCodePage (), string);
         OS.SetWindowText (handle, buffer);
         parse (text);
         enableWidget (enabled);