Although removing these dotfiles gave the repository a clean feeling, it
made it significantly harder to resume using a certain window manager or
other tool at any time.
Instead of removing dotfiles entirely, it's enough to simply not install
the programs you don't want to use, or even install them but not open
them.
Although zathura is a great piece of software that opens pdf files at
blazing fast speeds, I no longer have a use for it since GNOME's
document viewer works just as well, and even lets you use a mouse with
it!