How to create an alternative to shortcut "= or \hyp{}?

Question

After this question answer How to use the standard - (hyphen) as the \hyp{} command from the hyphenat package?, I decided to not use that hack. Then, I am looking for an alternative to that.

On my case, using "= is almost as hard as \hyp{} because I write latex code on Sublime Text, and I use this package https://github.com/r-stein/sublime-text-latex-smart-quotes which does this:

i.e., when I press " is sends `` and '' according to where I am on the word: https://github.com/r-stein/sublime-text-latex-smart-quotes/issues/4

The only way to send " is by pressing Ctrl+L, L, ", which is as hard as have to type \hyp{}.

I love this feature of because I never have to use " unless I would like to do "=, but I prefer to keep the https://github.com/r-stein/sublime-text-latex-smart-quotes feature and use something else other than "=.

Can I bind it to something as handly as ´= (not `=)? Or do you suggest something else?

Then, I can use it like this something´=hyphenated, instead of something"=hyphenated

I tried doing this: \newcommand{´=}{\hyp{}} but latex did not liked it:

test1.tex: LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.

Update 1

I found this question How to hyphenate a reference that has a lastname with a hyphen? suggesting this, but it had no effect:

\documentclass[10pt,a5paper,twoside]{article}
\usepackage{hyphenat}
\usepackage[english]{babel}

\defineshorthand{´=}{\hyp{}}

\begin{document}

\section{Show font}

    Tests.

    Encoding-encoding-encoding-encoding-encoding-encoding-encoding-encoding-encoding-encoding.

    Encoding´=encoding´=encoding´=encoding´=encoding´=encoding´=encoding´=encoding´=encoding´=encoding.

    Encoding\hyp{}encoding\hyp{}encoding\hyp{}encoding\hyp{}encoding\hyp{}encoding\hyp{}encoding\hyp{}encoding\hyp{}encoding\hyp{}encoding.

\end{document}

Update 2

After reading http://linorg.usp.br/CTAN/macros/latex/required/babel/base/babel.pdf I managed to get this working:

\documentclass[10pt,a5paper,twoside]{article}
\usepackage{hyphenat}
\usepackage[english]{babel}

\useshorthands{"}
\defineshorthand{"=}{\hyp{}}

\begin{document}

\section{Show font}

    Tests.

    Encoding-encoding-encoding-encoding-encoding-encoding-encoding-encoding-encoding-encoding.

    Encoding"=encoding"=encoding"=encoding"=encoding"=encoding"=encoding"=encoding"=encoding"=encoding.

    Encoding´=encoding´=encoding´=encoding´=encoding´=encoding´=encoding´=encoding´=encoding´=encoding.

    Encoding\hyp{}encoding\hyp{}encoding\hyp{}encoding\hyp{}encoding\hyp{}encoding\hyp{}encoding\hyp{}encoding\hyp{}encoding\hyp{}encoding.

\end{document}

But when using something like:

\useshorthands{´}
\defineshorthand{´=}{\hyp{}}

Latex throws this error:

Package babel Info: Making  an active character on input line 5.
test1.tex:5: LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.

Answer 1

1. I managed to create this shorthand with !-, but it is breaking words after ! alone. For example, This is! Sparta. will show as This is!Sparta.

2. Then, instead of using !-, I think I will be using $- if this does not break anything else. This is breaking Latex text editor syntax parsing. They are thinking we are on math mode after using some word$-thing.

3. Finally, using ~- does not break anything because even when using ~ alone, it works as indented It breaks when using ~--~ dashes.

4. Maybe finally, using ~= does not break anything because even when using ~ alone, it works as indented:

\documentclass[10pt,a5paper,twoside]{article}
\usepackage{hyphenat}
\usepackage[english]{babel}

\useshorthands{~}
\defineshorthand{~-}{\hyp{}}

\begin{document}

\section{Show font}

    Tests.

    Encoding-encoding-encoding-encoding-encoding-encoding-encoding-encoding-encoding-encoding.

    Testing~This motherfoer1.

    Testing~ This motherfoer2.

    Encoding~-encoding~-encoding~-encoding~-encoding~-encoding~-encoding~-encoding~-encoding~-encoding.

    Encoding\hyp{}encoding\hyp{}encoding\hyp{}encoding\hyp{}encoding\hyp{}encoding\hyp{}encoding\hyp{}encoding\hyp{}encoding\hyp{}encoding.

\end{document}

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See also these other question about the problems the ~= can cause:

1. Depending on Babel language setting, I get BibLaTeX error `Argument of \language@active@arg" has an extra }.`
2. ! Argument of \language@active@arg has an extra }. (I use \includegraphics and russian)

They are usually fixed by adding an empty group {} after the ~ character, i.e., \renewcommand{\lstlistingname}{Code~{}} instead of just \renewcommand{\lstlistingname}{Code~}