diff --git a/lib/Devel/Trepan/CmdProcessor.pm b/lib/Devel/Trepan/CmdProcessor.pm
index e573770..5f22b16 100644
--- a/lib/Devel/Trepan/CmdProcessor.pm
+++ b/lib/Devel/Trepan/CmdProcessor.pm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright (C) 2011, 2012 Rocky Bernstein <rocky@cpan.org> 
+# Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Rocky Bernstein <rocky@cpan.org> 
 
 use rlib '../..';
 
@@ -14,13 +14,6 @@ use warnings; no warnings 'redefine';
 use vars qw(@EXPORT @ISA $eval_result);
 
 # Showing eval results can be done using either data dump package.
-use if !@ISA, Data::Dumper; 
-
-# Eval does uses its own variables.
-# FIXME: have a way to customize Data:Dumper, PerlTidy etc.
-$Data::Dumper::Terse = 1; 
-require Data::Dumper;
-
 unless (@ISA) {
     require Devel::Trepan::CmdProcessor::Load;
     require Devel::Trepan::BrkptMgr;
diff --git a/lib/Devel/Trepan/CmdProcessor/Command/Set_Subcmd/Display_Subcmd/Eval.pm b/lib/Devel/Trepan/CmdProcessor/Command/Set_Subcmd/Display_Subcmd/Eval.pm
index 9758bf7..6f34651 100644
--- a/lib/Devel/Trepan/CmdProcessor/Command/Set_Subcmd/Display_Subcmd/Eval.pm
+++ b/lib/Devel/Trepan/CmdProcessor/Command/Set_Subcmd/Display_Subcmd/Eval.pm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright (C) 2011, 2012 Rocky Bernstein <rocky@cpan.org>
+# Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Rocky Bernstein <rocky@cpan.org>
 use warnings; no warnings 'redefine'; no warnings 'once';
 use rlib '../../../../../..';
 
@@ -17,15 +17,18 @@ our $CMD = 'set display eval';
 my @DISPLAY_TYPES = @Devel::Trepan::CmdProcessor::DISPLAY_TYPES;
 my $param = join('|', @DISPLAY_TYPES);
 our $HELP   = <<"HELP";
-${CMD} \{$param\}
+=pod
+
+B<set display> {B<dumper>|B<dprint>|B<tidy>}
 
 Set how you want the evaluation results shown.
 
-The 'tidy' option sets to use Data::Dumper::Perltidy. 'dumper' uses 
-Data::Dumper. When the Data::Printer module is installed, 
-'dprint' specifies using that.
+The I<tidy> option sets to use L<Data::Dumper::Perltidy>; I<dumper> uses 
+L<Data::Dumper>. When the L<Data::Printer module> is installed, 
+I<dprint> specifies using that.
 
-See also 'show display eval', 'eval', and 'set autoeval'.
+See also C<show display eval>, C<eval>, and C<set autoeval>.
+=cut
 HELP
 
 our $MIN_ABBREV = length('ev');
diff --git a/lib/Devel/Trepan/CmdProcessor/Eval.pm b/lib/Devel/Trepan/CmdProcessor/Eval.pm
index 5ccf9fe..340c9a2 100644
--- a/lib/Devel/Trepan/CmdProcessor/Eval.pm
+++ b/lib/Devel/Trepan/CmdProcessor/Eval.pm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-                                                         
-# Copyright (C) 2012 Rocky Bernstein <rocky@cpan.org>                           
+# Copyright (C) 2012-2013 Rocky Bernstein <rocky@cpan.org>                           
 use warnings;
 use rlib '../../..';
 
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ use Devel::Trepan::Util qw(hash_merge uniq_abbrev);
 use PadWalker qw(peek_my peek_our);
 use strict;
 
+# Note DB::Eval uses and sets its own variables.
+
 use vars qw($HAVE_EVAL_WITH_LEXICALS);                                          
 BEGIN {                                                                         
     $HAVE_EVAL_WITH_LEXICALS = eval("use Eval::WithLexicals; 1") ? 1 : 0;     
@@ -77,6 +79,11 @@ sub eval($$$$$) {
     }
 }
 
+# FIXME: have a way to customize Data::Dumper, PerlTidy etc.
+require Data::Dumper;
+# FIXME: remove this when converted to OO forms of Data::Dumper
+$Data::Dumper::Terse = 1; 
+
 my $last_eval_value = 0;
 
 sub handle_eval_result($) {
@@ -91,6 +98,15 @@ sub handle_eval_result($) {
     my $fn;
     my $print_properties = {};
     my $evdisp = $self->{settings}{displayeval};
+
+    # FIXME: switch over entirely to the OO way of using Data::Dumper
+    # than set this global.
+    my $old_terse = $Data::Dumper::Terse;
+    $Data::Dumper::Terse = 1; 
+
+
+    # FIXME: this is way ugly. We could probably use closures 
+    # (anonymous subroutines) to combine this and the if code below
     if ('tidy' eq $evdisp) {
         $fn = \&Data::Dumper::Perltidy::Dumper;
     } elsif ('dprint' eq $evdisp) {
@@ -128,7 +144,15 @@ sub handle_eval_result($) {
             $self->msg("$prefix\n\@\{$val_str}");
     } elsif ('%' eq $return_type) {
             if (%DB::eval_result) {
-                $val_str = $fn->(\%DB::eval_result, %$print_properties);
+                if ('dumper' eq $evdisp) {
+		    my $d = Data::Dumper->new([\%DB::eval_result]);
+		    $d->Terse(1)->Sortkeys(1);
+		    $val_str = $d->Dump()
+		} elsif ('dprint' eq $evdisp) {
+		    $val_str = $fn->(\%DB::eval_result, %$print_properties);
+		} else {
+		    $val_str = $fn->(\%DB::eval_result);
+		}
                 chomp $val_str;
                 @{$DB::D[$last_eval_value++]} = %DB::eval_result;
             } else {
@@ -163,6 +187,9 @@ sub handle_eval_result($) {
     };
     $DB::eval_result = undef;
     @DB::eval_result = undef;
+
+    $Data::Dumper::Terse = $old_terse; 
+
 }
 
 unless (caller) {