diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodeconsole b/confluent_client/bin/nodeconsole
index 658d2998..3b5afa51 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodeconsole
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodeconsole
@@ -39,7 +39,25 @@ argparser.add_option('-t', '--tile', action='store_true', default=False,
 argparser.add_option('-l', '--log', action='store_true', default=False,
                      help='Enter log replay mode instead of showing a live console')
 argparser.add_option('-w','--windowed', action='store_true', default=False,
-                     help='Open terminal windows for each node')
+                     help='Open terminal windows for each node.  The '
+                          'environment variable NODECONSOLE_WINDOWED_COMMAND '
+                          'should be set, which should be a text string corresponding '
+                          'to a command that can be used to open a windowed console,'
+                          ' omitting the "nodeconsole <noderange>" part of the '
+                          'command, for example, to open a set of consoles for a '
+                          'range of nodes in separate xterm windows, set '
+                          'NODECONSOLE_WINDOWED_COMMAND to "xterm -e".  To open a '
+                          'set of consoles for a range of nodes in separate '
+                          'GNOME Terminal windows with a size of 100 columns and '
+                          '31 rows, set NODECONSOLE_WINDOWED_COMMAND '
+                          'to "gnome-terminal --geometry 100x31 --" or in a WSL '
+                          'environment, to open a set of consoles for a range of '
+                          'nodes in separate Windows Terminal windows, with the '
+                          'title set for each node, set NODECONSOLE_WINDOWED_COMMAND'
+                          ' to "wt.exe wsl.exe -d AlmaLinux-8 '
+                          '--shell-type login".  If the NODECONSOLE_WINDOWED_COMMAND '
+                          'environment variable isn\'t set, xterm will be used by'
+                          'default.')
 (options, args) = argparser.parse_args()
 if len(args) != 1:
     argparser.print_help()
@@ -56,6 +74,11 @@ if options.log:
 #added functionality for wcons
 
 if options.windowed:
+    envstring=os.environ.get('NODECONSOLE_WINDOWED_COMMAND')
+    if not envstring:
+        envlist=["xterm", "-e"]
+    else:
+        envlist=os.environ.get('NODECONSOLE_WINDOWED_COMMAND').split(' ')
     nodes = []
     sess = client.Command()
     for res in sess.read('/noderange/{0}/nodes/'.format(args[0])):
@@ -65,9 +88,9 @@ if options.windowed:
             sys.exit(1)
         nodes.append(node)
     for node in sortutil.natural_sort(nodes):
-        sub = subprocess.Popen(['xterm', '-e', 'nodeconsole', node])
+        with open(os.devnull, 'wb') as devnull:
+            subprocess.Popen(envlist + [confettypath, '-m', '5', 'start', '/nodes/{0}/console/session'.format(node)], stdin=devnull)
     sys.exit(0)
-    
 #end of wcons
 if options.tile:
     null = open('/dev/null', 'w')
diff --git a/confluent_client/doc/man/nodeconsole.ronn b/confluent_client/doc/man/nodeconsole.ronn
index 286e14e1..c9246e7f 100644
--- a/confluent_client/doc/man/nodeconsole.ronn
+++ b/confluent_client/doc/man/nodeconsole.ronn
@@ -28,8 +28,24 @@ a new session.
   manager at this time.
   
 * `-w`, `--windowed`:
-  Openes separate xterm windows for each console in the node range provided. This 
-  works for xterm only.
+  Open terminal windows for each node.  The
+  environment variable **NODECONSOLE_WINDOWED_COMMAND**
+  should be set, which should be a text string corresponding
+  to a command that can be used to open a windowed console,
+  omitting the `nodeconsole <noderange>` part of the
+  command, for example, to open a set of consoles for a
+  range of nodes in separate xterm windows, set
+  **NODECONSOLE_WINDOWED_COMMAND** to `xterm -e`.  To open a
+  set of consoles for a range of nodes in separate
+  GNOME Terminal windows with a size of 100 columns and
+  31 rows, set **NODECONSOLE_WINDOWED_COMMAND**
+  to `gnome-terminal --geometry 100x31 --` or in a WSL
+  environment, to open a set of consoles for a range of
+  nodes in separate Windows Terminal windows, with the
+  title set for each node, set **NODECONSOLE_WINDOWED_COMMAND**
+  to `wt.exe wsl.exe -d AlmaLinux-8 --shell-type login.  If the
+  NODECONSOLE_WINDOWED_COMMAND environment variable isn't set,
+  xterm will be used bydefault.
 
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