Sync Audiobooks playlist, then podcasts, then fill up from music playlist?

Hi there,
I'm running a MBP with Snow Leopard and the latest version of iTunes.
My questions is about syncing itunes with my 2G iPod nano. I have the iPod to sync automatically with a couple of podcast and audiobook smart playlists, as well as a traditional music playlist.
Each time I sync, the size of the podcasts/audiobook playlists changes and sometimes goes over the space available on the iPod. Sometimes Itunes tells me this and says "Itunes will sync as many songs as possible", sometimes it just tells me there isn't enough free space and cancels the sync and sometimes it volunteers to turn off podcast syncing, which is what I specifically don't want. I haven't been able to figure out why I get different messages at different times.
What I'd really love is to get iTunes to be able to sync first the audiobooks, then the podcasts and then fill the rest of the iPod from my playlist. Is there a way of doing this?
Thanks very much.

Is there a way of doing this?
No.
-> iTunes application feedback

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iTunes
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