i have been sitting here for like 3 hours trying to figure out why it wont work and im just stumped. ive deleted and reinstalled zathura, pywal, and zathura pywal. i have rewrote config files. ive tried different terminals and shells. i just have no idea why it is not working.

Move the genconfig script into the start script;
as it can really only contain the color config with #7,
there is not much need for big adjustments

alernatively, a template could be used, instead of the script

Is it possible to apply to Zathura, without it changing the colors of pictures?

As above, which pywal theme did you use ?

This is a major drawback. Why shouldn't you want a dedicated directory in your homedir?

For people wondering how to have a transparent background. just add

`red=$(echo "$color0" | cut -c 2-3)
green=$(echo "$color0" | cut -c 4-5)
blue=$(echo "$color0" | cut -c 6-7)

red_decimal=$((16#$red))
green_decimal=$((16#$green))
blue_decimal=$((16#$blue))
alpha=0.9

background=$(echo "rgba(${red_decimal}, ${green_decimal}, ${blue_decimal}, ${alpha})")`

after . $HOME/.cache/wal/colors.sh in .local/bin/genzathurarc

changing alpha value changes the transparency.

Link to the real zathura in the file and let it replace zathura for all other applications
This requires all option being passed to the internals zathura call