Evince should follow PageLayout PDF catalog key, at least its TwoPageRight value
PageLayout
PDF catalog key is as follows (see Table 28 – Entries in the catalog dictionary of "Document management — Portable document format — Part 1: PDF 1.7":
PageLayout
(Optional) A name object specifying the page layout shall be used when the document is opened:
-
SinglePage
Display one page at a time -
OneColumn
Display the pages in one column -
TwoColumnLeft
Display the pages in two columns, with odd-numbered pages on the left -
TwoColumnRight
Display the pages in two columns, with odd-numbered pages on the right -
TwoPageLeft
(PDF 1.5) Display the pages two at a time, with odd-numbered pages on the left -
TwoPageRight
(PDF 1.5) Display the pages two at a time, with odd-numbered pages on the right - Default value:
SinglePage
And this is easy to use with LaTeX, e.g. (resulting file:test.pdf):
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[pdfpagelayout=TwoPageRight]{hyperref}
\usepackage{mwe}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-50]
\end{document}
At least Evince should take in account the TwoPageRight
value of PageLayout
, since this corresponds to its "Double" option.