Ke hilinaʻi nei ʻo Chemtool i ka transfig e Brian Smith no ka paʻi ʻana a me ka lawe ʻana aku i nā faila ma nā ʻano PicTeX a me EPS. ʻO kāna papahana hoa, XFig, ua ʻōlelo ʻia no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hoʻopuka o chemtool, a no ka hana ʻana i nā kiʻi 2D a me nā schematics ma ka laulā. Hoʻokomo ʻia nā mea ʻelua me ka hapa nui o Linux, a loaʻa ma o nā pūnaewele he nui www.xfig.org. Inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻokomo i nā kiʻi chemtool i loko o nā papahana hoʻoponopono huaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe ma mua o LaTeX, makemake paha ʻoe e hoʻohui i kahi bitmap nānā iā lākou, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki i StarOffice/OpenOffice a i kēlā polokalamu mai Redmond ke hōʻike i nā hoʻokomo postscript ma ka pale me ka ʻole o lākou. No kēia kumu, e hoʻohana ana i ka ps2epsi, i hele mai me palapala ʻuhane, a epstool, he hapa o gsview paipai ʻia. Mai ka chemtool-1.6, ua kākoʻo pololei ʻia kēia koho (ma o ka hana like i hāʻawi ʻia e nā mana hou o transfig).

Ua kākau mua ʻia ʻo Chemtool e Thomas Volk, a laila he haumāna o ke kemika a me ka biology ma ke kulanui o Ulm, Kelemānia. ʻO kāna manaʻo, i wehewehe ʻia ma kahi ʻatikala i ka German periodical LinuxMagazin, e hoʻohana ana i ka X11 maʻamau.

Ua komo au i ka hoʻomohala ʻana ma hope koke iho o ka heluhelu ʻana i kēia ʻatikala, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i kekahi mau ʻano paʻa a me nā mea like, a lawe mālie iā ia no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ka manawa ma muli o kāna mau hoʻokolohua e kokoke mai ana, a e neʻe pinepine ana i nā mea ʻē aʻe. E hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole wau e hana wale i kēia - ʻo ka hapa nui o ka holomua ma muli o nā haʻawina o nā code, nā unuhi, nā laʻana a i ʻole nā ​​​​manaʻo wale nō.