[Bug 62475] Remove pointless comments and ASCII art

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62475

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asciitool.py - semi-automated ASCII removal

I have been working on a tool to semi-automate this process. I have attached an
initial version; it's useable, but incomplete. Unless someone has an alternate
suggestion, for the time being I will host it here:
https://bitbucket.org/MostThingsWeb/asciitool (especially while I don't have
commit access). The only preq is colorama:
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/colorama

Screenshots: http://imgur.com/a/BO0t2

Currently the tool detects ASCII art in addition to some (but not all)
pointless comments. It makes a best effort at preserving justification (leading
whitespace).

I say the tool is semi-automated because while it will make a suggestion
regarding what to do with each comment, it is ultimately up to you to decide
what to do. The tool lets you jump immediately into Vim to edit either its
suggestion or the original comment. It provides 5 lines of context before and
after, like git diff.

I'd be interested in getting some feedback regarding this, whether it's bug
reports, suggested features, or even just "why bother?"

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