[ecspike]

Esperanto is doable without an IME. Some of the media I learned from used the x-system, appending an x where a diacritic mark was needed so ĉ becomes cx.

The only problem with that is the original creator preferred a h-system (ĉ becomes ch) despite h existing in the language.

Combined with the other things you mentioned like lack of original and compelling media, I dropped it and went back to French.

It's a great concept but it's missing all the things that keep me hooked on a language.