Chemtool inovimba netransfig naBrian Smith yekunyora postscript kudhinda uye kutumira mafaera muPicTeX uye EPS mafomati. Iyo inofambidzana chirongwa, XFig, inokurudzirwa kukwidziridza kubuda kwechemtool, uye nekugadzira 2D dhayagiramu uye schematics mune zvakajairika. Ose ari maviri anosanganisirwa neakawanda kugoverwa kweLinux, uye anowanikwa kuburikidza akati wandei mawebhusaiti anosanganisira www.xfig.org. Kana iwe uchida kupinza chemtool mifananidzo muzvirongwa zvekugadzirisa mazwi kunze kweLaTeX, iwe ungangoda kuwedzera preview bitmap kwavari, sezvo isiri StarOffice/OpenOffice kana iyo software kubva kuRedmond inoita kunge inokwanisa kuratidza postscript inoiswa pachiratidziri pasina ivo. Nechinangwa ichi, kushandisa chero ps2epsi, iyo inouya ne ghostscript, kana epstool, chikamu che gsview inokurudzirwa. Kubva chemtool-1.6, sarudzo iyi inotsigirwa zvakananga (kuburikidza nebasa rakaenzana rinopiwa neshanduro dzemazuva ano dze transfig).

Chemtool pakutanga yakanyorwa naThomas Volk, uyo aive mudzidzi wekemesitiri uye biology payunivhesiti yeUlm, Germany. Shanduro yake, iyo yakatsanangurwa mune article muGerman periodical LinuxMagazin, yaishandisa pachena X11.

Ndakapinda mukusimudzira nguva pfupi yadarika mushure mekuverenga chinyorwa ichi, ndichiwedzera mashoma emhando yezvisungo uye zvakadaro, uye zvishoma nezvishoma ndakatora kubva kwaari sezvo aishaya nguva nekuda kwebvunzo dzake dzaiswedera pedyo, uye pamwe kazhinji achienderera kune zvimwe zvinhu. Ziva kuti handisi kuita izvi ndega - kufambira mberi kwakawanda kuri nekuda kwekupihwa kwekodhi, dudziro, mienzaniso kana mazano chete.