re-enabled keyboard switching on Mac OS // functionality is still spotty..

src/frameworks/UBPlatformUtils_mac.mm

@@ -537,11 +537,14 @@ void UBPlatformUtils::SetMacLocaleByIdentifier(const QString& id)
 
     const char * strName = id.toLatin1().data();
 
-    CFStringRef iName = CFStringCreateWithCString(NULL, strName, kCFStringEncodingMacRoman );
+    CFStringRef iName = CFStringCreateWithCString(NULL, strName, kCFStringEncodingISOLatin1 );
+
 
     CFStringRef keys[] = { kTISPropertyInputSourceCategory, kTISPropertyInputSourceID };
     CFStringRef values[] = { kTISCategoryKeyboardInputSource, iName };
     CFDictionaryRef dict = CFDictionaryCreate(NULL, (const void **)keys, (const void **)values, 2, NULL, NULL);
+
+    // get list of current enabled keyboard layouts. dict filters the list
     CFArrayRef kbds = TISCreateInputSourceList(dict, true);
     if (kbds!=NULL)
     {

src/gui/UBKeyboardPalette_mac.mm

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <ApplicationServices/ApplicationServices.h>
 
 #import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
+#import <Carbon/Carbon.h>
 
 #include <QMap>
 #include <QString>
@@ -75,8 +76,7 @@ void UBKeyboardPalette::createCtrlButtons()
 
 void UBKeyboardPalette::checkLayout()
 {
-    /*
+
-     * REMOVED FOR NOW -- check if is still needed in 10.9/10.10
     TISInputSourceRef selectedLocale = TISCopyCurrentKeyboardInputSource();
 
     CFStringRef sr = (CFStringRef) TISGetInputSourceProperty(selectedLocale,
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ void UBKeyboardPalette::checkLayout()
             }
         }
     }
-    */
+
 }
 
 void UBKeyboardPalette::onActivated(bool)