Re: SVG-ISSUE-2430 (shorthand-presentation): shorthand properties should be allowed as presentation attributes [SVG 2]

Chris Lilley:
> Also, bear in mind that markers are a) not commonly used, especially
> on paths that are also filled or stroked b) not powerful enough for
> some common use cases and c) being revisited for SVG2.

The use of the marker property there was just an example of the general 
problem.  I expounded (only just) slightly more in the proposal on the 
wiki, which I didn't happen to link to from the issue.  (I realise that 
this was a deliberate design decision.)

http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/WG/wiki/Proposals/Shorthand_presentation_attribute

We can discuss this on Thursday.