diff --git a/src/move.c b/src/move.c
index 36c7bdb5..24ddad2f 100644
--- a/src/move.c
+++ b/src/move.c
@@ -476,7 +476,8 @@ void do_home(void)
 	bool moved_off_chunk = TRUE;
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
 	bool moved = FALSE;
-	size_t leftedge = 0, leftedge_x = 0;
+	size_t leftedge = 0;
+	size_t left_x = 0;
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_FOLDING
 	if (openfile->current->folded)
@@ -485,8 +486,7 @@ void do_home(void)
 
 	if (ISSET(SOFTWRAP)) {
 		leftedge = leftedge_for(was_column, openfile->current);
-		leftedge_x = proper_x(openfile->current, &leftedge, FALSE, leftedge,
-								NULL);
+		left_x = proper_x(openfile->current, &leftedge, FALSE, leftedge, NULL);
 	}
 
 	if (ISSET(SMART_HOME)) {
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ void do_home(void)
 			if (openfile->current_x == indent_x) {
 				openfile->current_x = 0;
 				moved = TRUE;
-			} else if (!ISSET(SOFTWRAP) || leftedge_x <= indent_x) {
+			} else if (left_x <= indent_x) {
 				openfile->current_x = indent_x;
 				moved = TRUE;
 			}
@@ -509,10 +509,10 @@ void do_home(void)
 	if (!moved && ISSET(SOFTWRAP)) {
 		/* If already at the left edge of the screen, move fully home.
 		 * Otherwise, move to the left edge. */
-		if (openfile->current_x == leftedge_x)
+		if (openfile->current_x == left_x)
 			openfile->current_x = 0;
 		else {
-			openfile->current_x = leftedge_x;
+			openfile->current_x = left_x;
 			openfile->placewewant = leftedge;
 			moved_off_chunk = FALSE;
 		}
@@ -548,11 +548,12 @@ void do_end(void)
 
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
 	if (ISSET(SOFTWRAP)) {
+		bool kickoff = TRUE;
 		bool last_chunk = FALSE;
 		size_t leftedge = leftedge_for(was_column, openfile->current);
 		size_t rightedge = get_softwrap_breakpoint(openfile->current->data,
-												leftedge, &last_chunk);
-		size_t rightedge_x;
+											leftedge, &kickoff, &last_chunk);
+		size_t right_x;
 
 		/* If we're on the last chunk, we're already at the end of the line.
 		 * Otherwise, we're one column past the end of the line.  Shifting
@@ -561,14 +562,14 @@ void do_end(void)
 		if (!last_chunk)
 			rightedge--;
 
-		rightedge_x = actual_x(openfile->current->data, rightedge);
+		right_x = actual_x(openfile->current->data, rightedge);
 
 		/* If already at the right edge of the screen, move fully to
 		 * the end of the line.  Otherwise, move to the right edge. */
-		if (openfile->current_x == rightedge_x)
+		if (openfile->current_x == right_x)
 			openfile->current_x = line_len;
 		else {
-			openfile->current_x = rightedge_x;
+			openfile->current_x = right_x;
 			openfile->placewewant = rightedge;
 			moved_off_chunk = FALSE;
 		}
diff --git a/src/prototypes.h b/src/prototypes.h
index b576619a..bf75f6aa 100644
--- a/src/prototypes.h
+++ b/src/prototypes.h
@@ -614,8 +614,8 @@ int go_forward_chunks(int nrows, linestruct **line, size_t *leftedge);
 bool less_than_a_screenful(size_t was_lineno, size_t was_leftedge);
 void edit_scroll(bool direction);
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
-size_t get_softwrap_breakpoint(const char *text, size_t leftedge,
-								bool *end_of_line);
+size_t get_softwrap_breakpoint(const char *linedata, size_t leftedge,
+								bool *kickoff, bool *end_of_line);
 size_t get_chunk_and_edge(size_t column, linestruct *line, size_t *leftedge);
 size_t chunk_for(size_t column, linestruct *line);
 size_t leftedge_for(size_t column, linestruct *line);
diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c
index 1065788f..4c1faf15 100644
--- a/src/winio.c
+++ b/src/winio.c
@@ -2946,6 +2946,8 @@ int update_softwrapped_line(linestruct *line)
 		/* The end column of the current chunk. */
 	char *converted;
 		/* The data of the chunk with tabs and control characters expanded. */
+	bool kickoff = TRUE;
+		/* This tells the softwrapping routine to start at beginning-of-line. */
 	bool end_of_line = FALSE;
 		/* Becomes TRUE when the last chunk of the line has been reached. */
 
@@ -2980,7 +2982,7 @@ int update_softwrapped_line(linestruct *line)
 #endif
 
 	while (!end_of_line && row < editwinrows) {
-		to_col = get_softwrap_breakpoint(line->data, from_col, &end_of_line);
+		to_col = get_softwrap_breakpoint(line->data, from_col, &kickoff, &end_of_line);
 
 		sequel_column = (end_of_line) ? 0 : to_col;
 
@@ -3076,6 +3078,7 @@ int go_forward_chunks(int nrows, linestruct **line, size_t *leftedge)
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
 	if (ISSET(SOFTWRAP)) {
 		size_t current_leftedge = *leftedge;
+		bool kickoff = TRUE;
 
 		/* Advance through the requested number of chunks. */
 		for (i = nrows; i > 0; i--) {
@@ -3090,7 +3093,7 @@ int go_forward_chunks(int nrows, linestruct **line, size_t *leftedge)
 			bool end_of_line = FALSE;
 
 			current_leftedge = get_softwrap_breakpoint((*line)->data,
-										current_leftedge, &end_of_line);
+									current_leftedge, &kickoff, &end_of_line);
 
 			if (!end_of_line)
 				continue;
@@ -3100,6 +3103,7 @@ int go_forward_chunks(int nrows, linestruct **line, size_t *leftedge)
 
 			*line = (*line)->next;
 			current_leftedge = 0;
+			kickoff = TRUE;
 		}
 
 		/* Only change leftedge when we actually could move. */
@@ -3259,24 +3263,34 @@ void edit_scroll(bool direction)
 }
 
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
-/* Get the column number after leftedge where we can break the given text, and
- * return it.  This will always be editwincols or less after leftedge.  Set
- * end_of_line to TRUE if we reach the end of the line while searching the
- * text.  Assume leftedge is the leftmost column of a softwrapped chunk. */
-size_t get_softwrap_breakpoint(const char *text, size_t leftedge,
-								bool *end_of_line)
+/* Get the column number after leftedge where we can break the given linedata,
+ * and return it.  (This will always be at most editwincols after leftedge.)
+ * When kickoff is TRUE, start at the beginning of the linedata; otherwise,
+ * continue from where the previous call left off.  Set end_of_line to TRUE
+ * when end-of-line is reached while searching for a possible breakpoint. */
+size_t get_softwrap_breakpoint(const char *linedata, size_t leftedge,
+								bool *kickoff, bool *end_of_line)
 {
+	static const char *text;
+		/* Pointer at the current character in this line's data. */
+	static size_t column;
+		/* Column position that corresponds to the above pointer. */
 	size_t goal_column = leftedge + editwincols;
 		/* The place at or before which text must be broken. */
 	size_t breaking_col = goal_column;
 		/* The column where text can be broken, when there's no better. */
-	size_t column = 0;
-		/* Current column position in text. */
 	size_t last_blank_col = 0;
 		/* The column position of the last seen whitespace character. */
 	const char *farthest_blank = NULL;
 		/* A pointer to the last seen whitespace character in text. */
 
+	/* Initialize the static variables when it's another line. */
+	if (*kickoff) {
+		text = linedata;
+		column = 0;
+		*kickoff = FALSE;
+	}
+
 	/* First find the place in text where the current chunk starts. */
 	while (*text != '\0' && column < leftedge)
 		text += advance_over(text, &column);
@@ -3317,26 +3331,29 @@ size_t get_softwrap_breakpoint(const char *text, size_t leftedge,
 	return (editwincols > 1) ? breaking_col : column - 1;
 }
 
-/* Get the row of the softwrapped chunk of the given line that column is on,
- * relative to the first row (zero-based), and return it.  If leftedge isn't
- * NULL, return the leftmost column of the chunk in it. */
+/* Return the row number of the softwrapped chunk in the given line that the
+ * given column is on, relative to the first row (zero-based).  If leftedge
+ * isn't NULL, return in it the leftmost column of the chunk. */
 size_t get_chunk_and_edge(size_t column, linestruct *line, size_t *leftedge)
 {
-	size_t current_chunk = 0, start_col = 0, end_col;
+	size_t current_chunk = 0;
 	bool end_of_line = FALSE;
+	bool kickoff = TRUE;
+	size_t start_col = 0;
+	size_t end_col;
 
 	while (TRUE) {
-		end_col = get_softwrap_breakpoint(line->data, start_col, &end_of_line);
+		end_col = get_softwrap_breakpoint(line->data, start_col, &kickoff, &end_of_line);
 
-		/* We reached the end of the line and/or found column, so get out. */
+		/* When the column is in range or we reached end-of-line, we're done. */
 		if (end_of_line || (start_col <= column && column < end_col)) {
 			if (leftedge != NULL)
 				*leftedge = start_col;
 			return current_chunk;
 		}
 
-		current_chunk++;
 		start_col = end_col;
+		current_chunk++;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -3388,9 +3405,10 @@ size_t actual_last_column(size_t leftedge, size_t column)
 {
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
 	if (ISSET(SOFTWRAP)) {
+		bool kickoff = TRUE;
 		bool last_chunk = FALSE;
 		size_t end_col = get_softwrap_breakpoint(openfile->current->data,
-										leftedge, &last_chunk) - leftedge;
+										leftedge, &kickoff, &last_chunk) - leftedge;
 
 		/* If we're not on the last chunk, we're one column past the end of
 		 * the row.  Shifting back one column might put us in the middle of
@@ -3676,6 +3694,7 @@ void spotlight_softwrapped(size_t from_col, size_t to_col)
 	size_t leftedge = leftedge_for(from_col, openfile->current);
 	size_t break_col;
 	bool end_of_line = FALSE;
+	bool kickoff = TRUE;
 	char *word;
 
 	place_the_cursor();
@@ -3683,7 +3702,7 @@ void spotlight_softwrapped(size_t from_col, size_t to_col)
 
 	while (row < editwinrows) {
 		break_col = get_softwrap_breakpoint(openfile->current->data,
-												leftedge, &end_of_line);
+											leftedge, &kickoff, &end_of_line);
 
 		/* If the highlighting ends on this chunk, we can stop after it. */
 		if (break_col >= to_col) {