translation-table-for-input.
Case is ignored if `case-fold-search' is non-nil in the current buffer.
Goes backward if ARG is negative; error if CHAR not found."
(interactive "p\ncZap to char: ")
+ (if (char-table-p translation-table-for-input)
+ (setq char (or (aref translation-table-for-input char) char)))
(kill-region (point) (progn
(search-forward (char-to-string char) nil nil arg)
; (goto-char (if (> arg 0) (1- (point)) (1+ (point))))