Allow configuring the working directory of the command

[acim]

Proposed change

jupyter-server-proxy/contrib/theia/jupyter_theia_proxy/__init__.py

Line 16 in b88a3ea

return ['theia', 'start', '.', '--hostname=127.0.0.1', '--port=' + str(port)]

Here we have current directory '.' as Theia working directory. In Kubernetes, I have Theia notebook (Docker) image where Theia is compiled in /home/node and this is default directory. When notebook starts and Theia opens, when I click on File -> Open I see the same directory and I actually want to open in /home/node/workspace where I have mounted external volume. Unfortunatelly, if I make /home/node/workspace as default directory, Theia won't start because it doesn't find package.json and src-gen directory there.

Who would use this feature?

Everyone using Jupyterhub on Kubernetes.

[sudhaker]

Hope this helps as a quick-n-dirty workaround.

return ['bash', '-c', 'CURDIR=$(pwd) && cd ${THEIA_HOME} && exec yarn theia start ${CURDIR} --hostname=0.0.0.0 --port=' + str(port)]