Fix 'DoGetTextExtent - invalid DC' error

most likely this error happens only on certain wx backends.
GTK3+ on GNU/Linux is apparently one of them.
The problem is described in wxWidgets issue tracker.
http://trac.wxwidgets.org/ticket/12486

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platform:
Linux-4.16.0-2-rt-amd64-x86_64-with-debian-buster-sid

python-version:
2.7.15

traceback:
File "/home/developer/WorkData/PLC/beremiz/beremiz/ProjectController.py", line 1605, in DispatchDebugValuesProc
self.CallWeakcallables("__tick__", "NewDataAvailable", debug_ticks)
File "/home/developer/WorkData/PLC/beremiz/beremiz/ProjectController.py", line 1585, in CallWeakcallables
function(*cargs)
File "/home/developer/WorkData/PLC/beremiz/beremiz/editors/Viewer.py", line 1217, in NewDataAvailable
refresh_rect.Union(element.GetRedrawRect())
File "/home/developer/WorkData/PLC/beremiz/beremiz/graphics/GraphicCommons.py", line 1609, in GetRedrawRect
self.ValueSize = self.Parent.GetMiniTextExtent(self.ComputedValue)
File "/home/developer/WorkData/PLC/beremiz/beremiz/editors/Viewer.py", line 932, in GetMiniTextExtent
return self.MiniTextDC.GetTextExtent(text)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wx-3.0-gtk3/wx/_gdi.py", line 4127, in GetTextExtent
return _gdi_.DC_GetTextExtent(*args, **kwargs)
<class 'wx._core.PyAssertionError'>: C++ assertion "m_graphicContext" failed at ../src/common/dcgraph.cpp(1160) in DoGetTextExtent(): wxGCDC(cg)::DoGetTextExtent - invalid DC

wx-platform:
__WXGTK__

wx-version:
3.0.2.0

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traceback:
File "/home/developer/WorkData/PLC/beremiz/beremiz/controls/LogViewer.py", line 740, in OnMessageToolTipTimer
self.MessageToolTip.SetFont(self.Font)
File "/home/developer/WorkData/PLC/beremiz/beremiz/controls/CustomToolTip.py", line 75, in SetFont
self.RefreshTip()
File "/home/developer/WorkData/PLC/beremiz/beremiz/controls/CustomToolTip.py", line 158, in RefreshTip
self.SetClientSize(self.GetToolTipSize())
File "/home/developer/WorkData/PLC/beremiz/beremiz/controls/CustomToolTip.py", line 145, in GetToolTipSize
w, h = dc.GetTextExtent(line)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wx-3.0-gtk3/wx/_gdi.py", line 4127, in GetTextExtent
return _gdi_.DC_GetTextExtent(*args, **kwargs)
<class 'wx._core.PyAssertionError'>: C++ assertion "m_graphicContext" failed at ../src/common/dcgraph.cpp(1160) in DoGetTextExtent(): wxGCDC(cg)::DoGetTextExtent - invalid DC

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#!/usr/bin/env python

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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

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# This file is part of Beremiz, a Integrated Development Environment for

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# programming IEC 61131-3 automates supporting plcopen standard and CanFestival.

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#

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# Copyright (C) 2017: Andrey Skvortsov

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#

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# See COPYING file for copyrights details.

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#

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# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or

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# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License

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# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2

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# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

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#

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# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

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# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

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# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the

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# GNU General Public License for more details.

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#

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# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

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# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software

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# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

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from __future__ import absolute_import

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import os

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import sys

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def AbsFile(file):

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    if isinstance(file, str):

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        file = unicode(file, sys.getfilesystemencoding())

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    return file

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def AbsDir(file):

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    file = AbsFile(file)

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    return os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(file))

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def AbsNeighbourFile(file, *args):

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    return os.path.join(AbsDir(file), *args)

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def AbsParentDir(file, level=1):

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    path = AbsDir(file)

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    for dummy in range(0, level):

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        path = os.path.dirname(path)

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    return path