From ea036dfec8d165d4965008cd834a419a52f23622 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henry Weller <http://cfd.direct>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 12:13:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] foamDictionary: Set expanded dictionary format to ascii

---
 .../miscellaneous/foamDictionary/foamDictionary.C    | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/applications/utilities/miscellaneous/foamDictionary/foamDictionary.C b/applications/utilities/miscellaneous/foamDictionary/foamDictionary.C
index 4248d5de97..ad96ad2756 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/miscellaneous/foamDictionary/foamDictionary.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/miscellaneous/foamDictionary/foamDictionary.C
@@ -475,6 +475,18 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     {
         IOobject::writeBanner(Info)
             <<"//\n// " << dictPath << "\n//\n";
+
+        // Change the format to ASCII
+        if (dict.found(IOobject::foamFile))
+        {
+            dict.subDict(IOobject::foamFile).add
+            (
+                "format",
+                IOstream::ASCII,
+                true
+            );
+        }
+
         dict.dictionary::write(Info, false);
         IOobject::writeDivider(Info);